Trinitite 2.60g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA iron meteorites These golden tektite gems are

These golden tektite gems are scattered over 6000 kilometers between the shifting sand dunes of the Great Sand Sea

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gemmy clarity

Mineral: Di-Pyramidal Quartz

Trinitite 2.60g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA iron meteorites These golden tektite gems areFormed 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: 17 x 20 x 8mm Weight: 2. 60g 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