Trinitite 2.30g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA gibeon meteorite This Quartz specimen was collected

This Quartz specimen was collected above 15

and they were buried deep underground in silica-rich sediment

began to smooth the texture of this piece

a mineral that formed during the high heat and pressure of the meteor impact

Size: 55 x 35mm

Trinitite 2.30g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA gibeon meteorite This Quartz specimen was collectedFormed 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: 20 x 21 x 5mm Weight: 2. 30g 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