Trinitite 1.13g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA gibeon meteorite namibia Year Found: 1836

Year Found: 1836

000 years ago when a massive meteorite impacted Earth

Stunning Sugar Quartz crystal specimen

Octahedrites are classified according to the thickness of the Kamacite plates

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Trinitite 1.13g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA gibeon meteorite namibia Year Found: 1836Formed 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 17 x 5mm Weight: 1. 13g 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