Trinitite 1.18g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Rare Amethyst Size: 4mm x 3mm

Size: 4mm x 3mm

Size: 25 x 12 x 5mm

when a meteorite impacted Earth

This piece is for the mineral collector who has an eye for pretty pastels and unique growth habits

Many researchers suggest this formed when sand was drawn up into the fireball of the explosion and later rained back down

Trinitite 1.18g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Rare Amethyst Size: 4mm x 3mmFormed 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: 16 x 16 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