Trinitite

Object/Artifact

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Crater Rock Museum

Name/Title

Trinitite

Entry/Object ID

2024.7.3

Description

See https://www.mindat.org/min-11131.html Trinitite is the unofficial 'mineral' name for an artificial glass formed from the heat of the detonation of the first nuclear bomb on July 16, 1945, at 5:29 a.m. Mountain Time at Trinity, New Mexico. Mildly radioactive but deemed safe to handle

Location

Location

Shelf

CS-H-2

Room

Curation Storage

Building

Crater Rock Museum

Category

Storage

Moved By

Jillian Mather Kettley

Date

March 27, 2025