Trinitite 1.80g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Fluorite specimen • Size: 57 x 30

• Size: 57 x 30 x 20mm

Collecting Trinitite at the site remains strictly prohibited

Weight: 35g (approximate)

A luminous white quartz specimen shaped by both time and transformation—this Growth Interference Quartz features striking bladed formations and a lustrous sheen

Discovered on a private ranch near Holbrook

Trinitite 1.80g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Fluorite specimen • Size: 57 x 30Formed 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 19 x 8mm Weight: 1. 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