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Trinitite is the name given to glassy fragments of fused sand formed from the first plutonium atomic bomb test in Alamogordo, New Mexico. According to Wikipedia, green is the most common form, with red and black being rare. [link]
'The glass has been described as "a layer 1 to 2 centimeters thick, with the upper surface marked by a very thin sprinkling of dust which fell upon it while it was still molten. At the bottom is a thicker film of partially fused material, which grades into the soil from which it was derived. The color of the glass is a pale bottle green, and the material is extremely vesicular with the size of the bubbles ranging to nearly the full thickness of the specimen."'

Currently the site has been bulldozed over and collecting is prohibited, but there is still quite an amount in circulation.

Even after many decades, pieces remain mildly radioactive. I handled my 1 rad piece with tweezers and it is kept permanently in an airtight case. Althought it is a manmade substance, Trinitite can be faked with glassy silica and mild radioactivity. Thus to avoid being cheated, I got my serialised piece from a member of the International Meteorite Collectors' Association.

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Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot A480
Shutter Speed
1/40 second
Aperture
F/3.0
Focal Length
7 mm
ISO Speed
100
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I so want a piece of this. So much.