Trinitite 1.18g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Pink opal mineral specimen This specimen is angular with

This specimen is angular with a lot of texture

Most of the pieces are Aquamarine

is about 400 square km

exposed to the environment and elements for thousands of years can develop a bronze desert patina

Trinitite 1.18g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Pink opal mineral specimen This specimen is angular withFormed 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 18 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