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Trinity test glass hid a crystal modern labs still cannot make

More than 80 years after the Trinity test transformed desert sand and vaporized metals into glass, the site continues to ...
Historic crystal find: Researchers discovered a calcium–copper–silicon clathrate in debris from the 1945 Trinity nuclear test, marking the first such crystal from a nuclear explosion. Extreme ...
Researchers have discovered a new clathrate material in trinitite glass from the 1945 Trinity nuclear test, offering insights into extreme conditions that create unique atomic structures.