Trinitite .80g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Phenakite on matrix This Gibeon meteorite fragment specimen

This Gibeon meteorite fragment specimen is from an old collection we acquired

perched on white Albite matrix

hand-selected for its exceptional quality

please see dimensions and video showing measuring tape

Trinitite .80g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Phenakite on matrix This Gibeon meteorite fragment specimenFormed on July 16, 1945, when desert sand melted under the intense heat of the worlds first atomic test, Trinitite is a rare historic glass. Collected in the 1940s50s before the site was closed, these preserved pieces are highly collectible relics of history. Size: 11 x 12 x 4mm Weight: . 80g Includes: 1. 25" Collector's box with label. History of Trinitite The detonation took place at 5: 29 a. m. on July 16, 1945, at the Trinity Site, about 35 miles