Trinitite 1.18g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Rare Amethyst with multidimensional color-zoning

with multidimensional color-zoning

The impact produced a crater nearly 100 kilometers/60 miles wide

25" collector's box with label

when a meteorite impacted Earth

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

Trinitite 1.18g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Rare Amethyst with multidimensional color-zoningFormed 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