Trinitite 1.41g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Namibia mineral specimens Amethyst from the Chibuku mining

Amethyst from the Chibuku mining area is also called Shangaan amethyst

Darwin Glass has a distinctive appearance

While the more common form of pink opal is used for lapidary and jewelry

exported from Namibia in the mid-90s

only a small amount of these Kemi Pyrite crystals were found

Trinitite 1.41g - Trinity Test Site, White Sands, New Mexico, USA Namibia mineral specimens Amethyst from the Chibuku miningFormed 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 20 x 7mm Weight: 1. 41g 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