Trinitite 1.66g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Darwin Glass for sale Weight: 36

Weight: 36

The surviving meteorite fragments were found scattered around the crater rim and surrounding areas

Most are regular with simple shapes

This meteorite has been carefully cleaned to remove the caliche and restore its original metallic luster

This Tourmaline crystal is from the famous Barra do Salinas locality

Trinitite 1.66g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Darwin Glass for sale Weight: 36Formed 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 23 x 5mm Weight: 1. 66g 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