Trinitite 1.42g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Ventifact tektite with features such as

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Coarse Octahedrite

Eruptions scorched ancient forests

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Trinitite 1.42g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Ventifact tektite with features such asFormed 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: 15 x 17 x 5mm Weight: 1. 42g 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