Trinitite .84g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Transformation Blanchard Mine

Blanchard Mine

A shimmering example of nature’s mysterious timing—this rare Growth Interference Quartz with a second generation of Quartz crystals from Dalnegorsk

The meteorites are named after the meandering Canyon Diablo river gorge

but di-pyramidal crystals like this are especially unique

Mineral: Phenakite

Trinitite .84g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Transformation Blanchard MineFormed 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