6hhmdn ((TRINITITE 2.8gm)), $10 MINIMUM BID, White Sands Missile Range, Socorro County, New Mexico, 2.5 x 1.5 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, | |
Here is a historic specimen from the Trinity Site of the first atom bomb test July 16, 1945. No collecting allowed since made a U S National Momument. This was collected in the 50's by a local rockshop. Only mildly radioactive and less than most radioactive species. Trinitite is the fused glass from the desert sand near the blast. |