AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from New Mexico > Trinitite (fused sand from atomic bomb test) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 82126 |
Mineral: | Trinitite (fused sand from atomic bomb test) |
Locality: | Trinity Test Site, near Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico |
Description: | Specimen of quartz sand that was fused into glass by the first atom bomb test on July 16, 1945 at the Trinity Test Site. These specimens have been named after the site: Trinitite. Ex. Miller collection T3846 |
Overall Size: | 30x25x8 mm |
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Archived: | For reference only |
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