Trinitite 1.18g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA quartz tower Locality: Aurora mine

Locality: Aurora mine

exactly as it was found on the ground

and motivation

A gemmy Fluorite specimen complete with stepped faces and a glassy luster

Trinitite 1.18g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA quartz tower Locality: Aurora mineFormed 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: 16 x 15 x 5mm Weight: 1. 18g 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