Locality: South-Western Australia
Collecting Trinitite at the site remains strictly prohibited
Discovered on a private ranch near Holbrook
A luminous white quartz specimen shaped by both time and transformation—this Growth Interference Quartz features striking bladed formations and a lustrous sheen
Weight: 35g (approximate)
Trinitite 1.80g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Fluorite specimen Locality: South-Western AustraliaFormed 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 19 x 8mm Weight: 1. 80g 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