Trinitite Three specimens in org. cellophane wrapper

Trinitite Three specimens in org. cellophane wrapper (image 1/1)
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Trinititethree specimens in original cellophane package. Probably from the mid 60’s to 70’s.Package has story line and history entailed. Package is nearly as unique as specimens are. Quite a time capsule in itself. Early in the morning on July 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb blast was detonated at the Trinity Site. The actual explosion produced a blast equivalent to eighteen thousand tons of TNT. The resulting fireball that scorched the desert formed a depressed crater 800 yards in diameter, glazed with a light olive green, glass-like substance where the sand had melted and solidified again. The following excerpt is from Time Magazine, Sept. 17, 1945: “Seen from the air, the crater itself seems (looks like) a lake of green Jade shaped like a splashy star, and set in a sere disc of burnt vegetation half a mile wide. From close up the lake is a glistening encrustation of blue-green glass 2,400 feet in diameter, formed when the molten soil solidified in air.” Chemical tests have confirmed that it is nearly pure melted silica with traces of Olivine, Feldspar, and other minerals which comprise the desert sand. The crater was buried for security reasons shortly after the explosion -- and it became forbidden to remove any material from the blast site. Also, this was the ONLY location where the material existed (because this is where the read more
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