Crystalate is an early plastic, a formulation of nitrocellulose, camphor, and alcohol invented in the late 19th century[1] and patented by American inventor George Henry Burt.
Crystalate was based on Bonzoline, a plastic produced by John Wesley Hyatt's US-based Albany Billiard Ball Company.
Burt, a former Albany employee, began manufacturing what was essentially Bonzoline in the UK in 1900 as crystalate with Percy Warnford-Davis, under the Endolithic name.
Like Celluloid and Bakelite it is commonly encountered by collectors of vintage and antique goods, because many products were made using the substance.
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