Trinitite .84g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Transformation The meteorites are named after

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Mineral: Phenakite

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Trinitite .84g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Transformation The meteorites are named afterFormed 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: 12 x 12 x 4mm Weight: . 84g 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