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Trinitite

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Trinitite

Anthroprogenic
Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Trinity Site, White Sands Missile Range, Socorro County, New Mexico, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 2.5 × 0.8 cm
Description

This is not a natural mineral, but fused silica sand (= glass) from the test site of the first atom-bomb test in New Mexico, dated July 16, 1945. Nice olive-green color. Very special, and a little ironic: the specimen looks like a strange, alien skull.

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