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5 Bits of Trinitite Glass

5 Bits of Trinitite Glass

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Object Name: 
5 Bits of Trinitite Glass
Department
Modern
Category
Glass in Nature
Place Made: 
United States, White Sands, NM
Date: 
1945
Dimensions: 
(a) H: 4.8 cm, W: 4 cm, D: 1.4 cm; (b) H: 3.3 cm, W: 2.9 cm, D: 1.2 cm; (c) H: 2.9 cm, W: 2.5 cm, D: 0.8 cm
Accession Number: 
2006.4.237
Credit Line: 
Gift in memory of Stephen P. Tooney
Location: 
On Display
Description
Opaque light green man-made glassy sand and rock.
Provenance
Tooney, Nancy, Source to 2007-01-05
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2007-04-01 through 2007-10-21
West Bridge Show; traveling to The Gallery at Steuben in 2008 (cancelled 6-2008)

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