Trinitite was formed during the historic Trinity test of the world's first atomic bomb. Large amounts of desert sand and debris were vaporized into the mushroom cloud and the ground below was liquified into blobs. These blobs cooled and solidified into Trinitite. Collection of new Trinitite samples is now prohibited and access to the old testing site is blocked. The only Trinitite on the market is old stock from before the 1950's ban. This material is safe to own (stored properly) because the most dangerous isotopes have a short-life and they have since degraded into less-harmful decay products.

Trinitite is a piece of human history - a relic from the day mankind mastered the atom and opened the pandora's box of nuclear power. This is the very same material that was generated on the day that the famous physicist Robert Oppenheimer uttered his historic quote - "I have become Shiva, destroyer of worlds."

You get a select piece of Trinitite in a (3 x 4 inches) Riker box storage case with glass viewing window as shown in the photo. These are a unique and appealing way to display Trinitite. Refer to the photo. The black centimeter cube is shown for scale and is not included.