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trinitite

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trin·i·tite   (trĭn'ĭ-tīt')   
n.  An olive green, glasslike substance formed from the sand melted by the heat that was generated by the first nuclear blast at the New Mexico test site in 1945.

[After the Trinity Site in New Mexico, after Trinity, code name for the first atomic bomb test.]
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