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


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TYPE 3.
Due to the glass-like composition of Trinitite and its fragility (specimens are usually less than 1/2" thick), much of the Trinitite was broken into small pieces during the collecting process. The bottom of each specimen in this group exhibits the rough texture of the sandy desert surface, which remained untouched by the blast. The tops of the specimens have lumpy, convoluted, sand included, or otherwise irregular surfaces. The glassy, light olive green Trinitite has a "frothy", more gas-filled texture. These examples may have been formed nearer to the center of the blast, than the specimens in the other groups described on the other Trinitite pages on this web site.  Research has shown that the extremely coarse, rough surface features exemplified by these specimens may have been formed as a result of rolling, when the blast wave struck, after the surface was superheated. The internal structure is usually very frothy and filled with tiny open gas pockets, as if the Trinitite glass was boiled, then solidified very quickly so as to preserve this texture and form.  
 

 

TYPE 3

WEIGHT
(GRAMS)

SPECIMEN SIZE
(INCHES)
Length        Width     Thickness

SPECIMEN
PRICE

 

T3 J

6.90

1 1/4

3/4

3/8

$ 48.25

 

T3008

7.36

1 1/2

3/4

3/8

$ 51.50

 

T3029

6.18

1 3/8

1

1/4+

$ 43.25

 

T3037

6.28

1 1/2

1

`1/4

$ 44.00

 

T3040

9.09

1 1/8

1 1/8

1/2

$ 63.50

 

T3043

4.98

1 1/4

5/8

3/8

$ 34.75

 

T3044

5.00

1 1/4

1

3/8

$ 35.00

 

T3045

5.23

1

1

3/8

$ 36.50

 

T3050

7.70

1 3/8

1 1/4

1/4

$ 54.00

 

T3051

8.57

1 3/8

1

3/8

$ 60.00

 

T3056

6.65

1 1/4

5/8+

5/8

$ 46.50

 

T3058

2.37

1 1/8

1/2

1/2

$  16.50

 

T3059

5.12

1 1/4

3/4

3/8

$  35.75

 

T3060

5.30

1 3/8

5/8

3/8

$  37.00

 

T3063

4.60

1 1/4

7/8

1/2

$  32.25

 

T3064

4.95

1 3/8

5/8

3/8

$  34.50

 

T3065

7.05

1 5/8

3/4

1/2

$  49.25

 

T3066

7.65

1 5/8

3/4

1/2

$  53.50

 

T3000

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Lot of 3 small specimens, varying in size from +/- 1/4” to 3/8”

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/  lot

 

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  Specimens are priced as follows:
  < 10 gram sizes:  $  7.00 / gram
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T3J
T3008
T3029
T3037
T3040

T3043
T3044
T3045
T3050
 
T3051

T3058
T3059
T3060
T3063
T3064

T3065
T3066		      

 

 

 

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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