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Collecting Trinitite at the site remains strictly prohibited
Discovered on a private ranch near Holbrook
Mineral: Quartz var
it wasn't until over 75 years later that Italian mineralogist Vincenzo de Michele analyzed the optical properties of the scarab gemstone and confirmed it was Libyan Desert Glass
Trinitite 1.80g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Fluorite specimen Collecting Trinitite at the siteFormed 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