Trinitite 1.18g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA crystallized rose quartz mineral specimen The impact created a 15

The impact created a 15 mile wide crater

The opportunity to own one of these meteorite impact diamonds is exceptionally rare

Polished natural Smoky Quartz from Brazil

when desert sand melted under the intense heat of the world’s first atomic test

The term "botryoidal" comes from the Greek word "botrys

Trinitite 1.18g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA crystallized rose quartz mineral specimen The impact created a 15Formed 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: 11 x 18 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