Trinitite .84g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Transformation Blanchard Mine

Blanchard Mine

Northern Arizona—available in very limited quantity

but di-pyramidal crystals like this are especially unique

glassy luster and flat termination

nicknamed ‘Pangea Wood’ for its formation during the breakup of the supercontinent Pangea

Trinitite .84g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Transformation Blanchard MineFormed 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: 12 x 12 x 4mm Weight: . 84g 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