Agglomerate glass surface product and method of manufacture

An agglomerate glass surface product, comprising:

• an agglomerate formed predominantly of transparent glass aggregate having controlled proportions of different glass particle sizes having a maximum particle size of 6-8# mesh;
• the agglomerate having a glass aggregate content by weight that is greater than the content by weight of any other constituent of the agglomerate;
• a cured thermoset binder including a colorant providing desired coloring of the glass aggregate in an amount sufficient to impart natural stone opacity to the agglomerate;
• the agglomerate having approximately 7-10 wt % of the cured thermoset binder;
• the agglomerate further including non-glass aggregate comprising particles of natural stone;
• the aggregates of the agglomerate including fine particles having a mesh size that does not exceed 400# mesh;
• the aggregates of the agglomerate being bound by the cured thermoset binder infused within substantially all inter-aggregate voids;
• the agglomerate being in the form of a pressed slab that is substantially non-porous and substantially devoid of air inclusions throughout an entire thickness of the slab;
• the aggregates of the agglomerate being substantially uniformly mixed with the cured thermoset binder throughout the entire thickness of the slab and exposed at all surfaces of the slab;
• at least one surface of the slab being polished;
• the at least one polished surface comprising exposed surface-layer transparent glass aggregate particles of the different glass particle sizes, with colored sub-surface thermoset binder being visible in inter-aggregate voids that lie underneath the surface-layer glass aggregate particles at varying depths according to the different glass particle sizes;
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• whereby the pressed slab has the look and feel of a polished natural stone slab.