Trinitite
Also known as: atomsite · Alamogordo glass
Trinitite, also known as atomsite or Alamogordo glass, is the glassy residue left on the desert floor after the plutonium-based Trinity nuclear bomb test on July 16, 1945, near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
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Test produced this glass
The Trinity test directed by Bainbridge produced trinitite when the explosion fused material at the site.
Glass formed at test site
The heat of the Trinity explosion fused material at the test site into the glass known as trinitite.