Trinitite 1.43g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA rose quartz This specimen is mostly spherical

This specimen is mostly spherical with a slight facets visible in the crystal structure

Size: 11 x 3mm

Even today mineral collectors are in a race against time to obtain these complete crystals for preserving as mineral specimens

Where the elements such as wind and sand

Trinitite 1.43g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA rose quartz This specimen is mostly sphericalFormed 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: 18 x 15 x 5mm Weight: 1. 43g 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