Trinitite 1.61g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Rare Quartz Crystal or other well-defined shapes

or other well-defined shapes

with a pearlescent luster

Impactite: Impact Diamond

Water-Clear

Trinitite 1.61g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Rare Quartz Crystal or other well-defined shapesFormed 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: 17 x 17 x 5mm Weight: 1. 61g 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