Trinitite 1.26g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Chibuku Mine Amethyst with radiant color

with radiant color

naturally concentrated in sandy creek beds below the Santa Catalina Mountains

The tabular shape and layered texture of the original graphite crystal structure is partially preserved but the mineral is transformed into diamond

Perfect collector's piece for anyone who connects with the earthy beauty of African Amethyst specimens

stretching from Southeast Asia throughout Australasia

Trinitite 1.26g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Chibuku Mine Amethyst with radiant colorFormed 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: 13 x 14 x 7mm Weight: 1. 26g 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