Trinitite 2.30g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA gibeon meteorite With its smooth

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began to smooth the texture of this piece

with a radiant golden shimmer that dances across its surface when caught in the light

Di-pyramidal Quartz from the famous 2nd Sovetskii Mine in Dalnegorsk

Trinitite 2.30g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA gibeon meteorite With its smoothFormed 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