Trinitite 1.58g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Meteorites Hansonburg district

Hansonburg district

• Size: 45 x 27 x 20mm

collectors specimens and old collections

Size: 40mm x 34mm

with crystals forming natural double pyramids—a highly unusual growth habit prized by collectors

Trinitite 1.58g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Meteorites Hansonburg districtFormed 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 17 x 5mm Weight: 1. 58g 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