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Trinity site, Tularosa Basin, Alamogordo, Socorro County,
New Mexico, USA.

 

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Type 4
The specimens in this group have various special features, as individually described below.  Pricing is @ $9.00 / gram.

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The specimens in this group have various special features, as individually described below.  Pricing is @ $9.00 / gram.

Red inclusions – The red inclusions are due to the presence of Copper (Cu).  Copper is not native to the mineralogy of the blast area, and is presumed by researchers to have been present as part of the Copper wiring used in the instrumentation on the project.

 Black inclusions – The black inclusions found in some Trinitite specimens are due to the presence of Iron (Fe).  Iron is not native to the mineralogy of the blast area, and is presumed by researchers to have been the result of incorporating Iron from the tower or tower cabin, present at the Trinity Site, when these structures were destroyed by the blast.

 Light colored flow marks – The light colored flow marks seen on some specimens are typical of material found 100 to 700 feet from Ground Zero, and were part of the lighter colored rays seen in aerial photographs taken shortly after the explosion.

 Blue inclusions –  Small, glassy, light robin’s egg blue color inclusions or streaks within the Trinitite are extremely rare.  No explanation for this color anomaly has been found in the literature.

 White inclusions – White inclusions consist of small masses of partially to totally fused white Feldspar – one of the constituents of the desert sand at the Trinity Site.

 “Coke bottle” color inclusions  – A detailed microscopic study revealed that Trinitite contains two distinct types of glass, one formed from the feldspar and clay in the sand, and one formed from Quartz in the sand that fused directly into silica glass.  These small, transparent, blue-green color glass-like inclusions (indicated as CB below), within the Trinitite, are presumed to be the latter.  







 

TYPE 4.

WEIGHT
(GRAMS)

SPECIMEN SIZE
(INCHES)

 SPECIAL FEATURES

SPECIMEN
PRICE

4 A.

1.34

5.8

5/8

1/4

Light colored “frothy” Trinitite glass with a 5 mm gas pocket on the front of the specimen.

SOLD

4 B.

2.55

7/8

5/8

1/4

Complete “teardrop” bead with several small gas pockets around the perimeter.

SOLD

4 C.

2.85

1

7/8

1/8+

Extremely shiny, glassy green top surface with gas bubbles on the top and around the edges,  w/ partially fused white Feldspar inclusions.

SOLD

 

4 D.

2.95

1 1/8

7/8

1/4

A rare 5 mm diameter secondary Trinitite bead adheres to the top of the specimen.

SOLD

4 E.

4.48

1

3/4

1/2

Numerous small red (Cu) inclusions are concentrated on the sides & back of the specimen.

SOLD

4 F.

4.93

1

7/8

1/4

A small, rare rusted Iron inclusion is on the edge of the specimen, with a 7 mm diameter gas pocket + white Feldspar inclusions.

SOLD

4 G.

4.90

1 1/2

3/4

3/8

A pronounced inclusion of fused white Feldspar is on the front of the specimen, with a pale blue-green CB inclusion. Numerous micro black (Fe) inclusions are scattered over the back of the specimen.

SOLD

4 H.

6.09

1 3/8

1

to 1/2

A 1/4” diameter unexploded gas pocket is on one side of the specimen. Several “CB” inclusions are also present, in light colored Trinitite glass.

SOLD

4 I.

6.30

1 5/8

1

3/8

Light-dark color zoning on the surface of the specimen, with a very unusual 5 x 2 mm “CB” inclusion on the top of the specimen.

SOLD

4 J. 

7.85

1 1/8

1

1/4+

Unusual specimen with light-medium green color zoned Trinitite glass, open gas pockets, + small black (Fe) inclusions.

SOLD

4 K.

8.20

1 1/8

1

to 5/8

Light colored Trinitite glass has gas pockets on 2 sides, both with very pale blue to white glassy inclusions.

SOLD

4 L.

7.86

1 3/8

7/8

to 1/2

Translucent, very shiny green glassy Trinitite surface, with numerous gas pockets around the perimeter.

SOLD

4 M.

7.94

1 7/8

1 1/4

3/8

Light colored, “frothy” Trinitite glass has two pronounced gas pockets.

$  71.50

4 N.

11.07

1 3/4

7/8

3/8

Large specimen with several large gas pockets around the perimeter.

$   99.50

4 O.

8.87

1 1/2

1 1/8

1/2

Very obvious light-dark color zoning on the surface, pronounced gas pockets around the perimeter, and minor “CB” inclusions.

$  79.75

4 P.

12.43

1 7/8

1 1/4

3/8

Large specimen with several small gas pockets around the perimeter, Fe streaks on the surface.

SOLD

4 Q.

12.97

1 3/4

1 1/4

1/2

Large convoluted specimen with many small gas pockets around the perimeter.

$116.75

4 R.

13.08

1 7/8

1 1/2

1/4

Large specimen with glassy white fused Feldspar inclusions + small gas pockets around the perimeter + several small “CB” sea green color inclusions.

SOLD

4 S.

6.10

1 3/8

1

1/4

Small, very pale blue inclus. in a 4 mm gas pocket in light-medium green Trinitite glass with a 3 mm diameter Fe inclus near the center.

SOLD

4 T.

10.42

1 1/2

1 1/4

to 5/8

Unusually thick specimen with zones of light-medium green color Trinitite glass.

$  93.75

4 U.

14.85

1 1/2

1 1/2

3/8+

Very large specimen with 2 small gas pockets on the surface.  Numerous micro fused white Feldspar grains are present.

SOLD

4 V.

9.36

1 5/8

1

1/4

Very pale blue to white surface markings, with an inverted 1/2” diameter secondary Trinitite individual flipped over and fused to the surface-edge of the larger specimen.

SOLD

4 W.

12.70

1 1/4

1 1/4

to 5/8

Thick specimen with an unusual, large angular inclusion of fused Feldspar + 4 “CB” inclusions.

$114.25

4 X.

13.52

1 3/8

1 1/8

1/2

Unusually thick specimen with light colored  Trinitite glass, a 5 mm white Feldspar inclusion, and many small, scattered Fe inclusions.

SOLD

4 Y.

10.10

1 1/2

1 1/4

1/2

Several small open gas pockets are on one edge of the specimen, with light red inclusions in / around the gas pockets.

SOLD

4 Z.

12.12

1 1/2

1 1/8

1/2

Nice thick specimen with small red inclusions on two opposite edges of the specimen, along with small amounts of pale red inclusions in a small depression near the top-center of the specimen.

SOLD

 
















Acknowledgements:  Data presented relative to the special features of the above specimens was gained by interviews and correspondence with researchers who have done detailed, intense studies on Trinitite.  For further reading, see the following papers / books:

  1. “Trinitite: The Atomic Age Mineral”, W. Kolb and P. Carlock, 2002.

  2. “Radioactivity in Trinitite Six Decades Later”, P. Parekh, T. Semkow, et al, 2005.

  3. “Day of Trinity”, Lansing Lamont, 1965.


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