Trinitite 1.64g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Pink Danburite Weight: 54g

Weight: 54g

This Dark Libyan Desert Glass piece is well-sculpted with a very cratered texture and semi-translucent clarity

where it was attached to the host rock

This is by far the largest and most striking of all the Gibeon specimens we have from his collection

Trinitite 1.64g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Pink Danburite Weight: 54gFormed 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: 14 x 25 x 5mm Weight: 1. 64g 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