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trinitite (usuallyuncountable,pluraltrinitites)

1. Theglassyresidue left on thedesert floor after theTrinitynuclear bomb test of 1945 at Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA.
2. by extension, anymelt glasses left byatomic bombs

(Trinity test site):

• Alamogordo glass

(Trinity test site):

• trinitite(melt glasses from nuclear explosions)
• atomsite(melt glasses from US nuclear bomb test sites)

(nuclear melt glass):

• melt glass(minerals melted by exposure to extreme heat andvitrified)

(nuclear melt glass):

• trinitite(Trinity test melt glass)
• Alamogordo glass(Trinity test melt glass)
• atomsite(melt glasses from US nuclear bomb test sites)
• kharitonchik(melt glasses from theSoviet nuke bombSemipalatinsk Test Site inKazakhstan)

• impactite(metamorphic minerals caused by meteor heating of non-meteoritic materials)
• impact glass(melt glasses caused by meteor heating of non-meteoritic materials)
• fulgurite(melt glasses caused bylightning strikes)
• fusion crust(metamorphic minerals on the surface of meteorites caused by atmospheric entry heating)

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Trinitite”, inWebmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “trinitite”, inMindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy,2000–2025.

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