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Re: Trinitite
At 10:30 PM 11/23/99, John Sinclair wrote:
>It is a very unusual material. It has a greenish color.
>When I saw this material, it immediately brought to mind the natural
>glasses.
>
>I am sure people have studied this stuff. How does it relate to impactite
>and tektites? Were there similar forces involved in their creations?
There are currently four (4) pieces of Trinitite up for auction on eBay.
(No flames please!) Be sure to search completed auctions to get an idea
of the going rate, but it appears to be $20 to $30. I bought my first sample
in the late 1960s from Edmund Scientific. The last time I visited Trinity
Site, you could buy Trinitite and Trinitite jewelry from the Blanchard Rock
Shop, Box 416, Bingham, NM 87832; phone: 505-423-3235.
One Los Alamos report on Trinitite is available online:
Thermal effects of atomic bomb explosions on soils at Trinity
and Eniwetok, PUBLISHED :June 13, 1950.
DESCRIPTION :16 p. TECH. REPT. NO. :LA-1126
<http://lib-www.lanl.gov/la-pubs/00191341.pdf> (794KB)
A few quotes of interest from the report:
"At Trinity a crust of vesicular silicate glass covers the ground over
an area of about 2000 feet diameter. The amount of glass formed
is estimated as 17 x 10^8 grams. Petrographic evidence indicated
that temperatures exceeding 1470 deg C were reached throughout
this area."
Regards,
Gregory Walker gwalker@netcom.com
Trinity Atomic Web Site --
<http://www.enviroweb.org/issues/nuketesting/>
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