Trinitite 2.14g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Trinity Site Green glass Phenakite crystals are typically colorless

Phenakite crystals are typically colorless or white

collected pre-ban in the 1940s-50s

with a distinctive appearance compared to other pyrite localities

As Taenite cools

Size: 20 x 15 x 9mm

Trinitite 2.14g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Trinity Site Green glass Phenakite crystals are typically colorlessFormed 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: 18 x 14 x 7mm Weight: 2. 14g 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