Trinitite 1.04g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Rare Amethyst Ancient wood transformed into stone

Ancient wood transformed into stone and crowned with smoky quartz druzy

Locality: Taquaral

09gSize: 28 x 21mm

Collecting Trinitite at the site remains strictly prohibited

Weight: 106 carats (21 grams)

Trinitite 1.04g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Rare Amethyst Ancient wood transformed into stoneFormed 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 10 x 5mm Weight: 1. 04g 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