Trinitite 2.02g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Russian Quartz a natural glass created during

a natural glass created during a meteorite impact

This NWA Chondrite is for the detail-oriented collector who values a stunning sculptural aesthetic in their meteorites

where it was attached to the host rock

Weight: 43g

a mineral that formed during the high heat and pressure of the meteor impact

Trinitite 2.02g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Russian Quartz a natural glass created duringFormed 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: 17 x 17 x 6mm Weight: 2. 02g 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