Description

Trinitite parcel from White Sands Missile Range, Socorro Co., New Mexico

58M2015

$50

2.8 x 1.6 cm
11 grams
Select larger pieces in this Trinitite parcel – formed from the tremendous heat of the first artificial nuclear detonation in history! The sand within a 50 yard radius surrounding the detonation site was almost instantaneously superheated and fused into a foamy green glass seen here. This may be a man-made “mineral”, but of historical importance and definitely interesting. Despite being the rock snob that I am, even I have a piece in my personal collection!