Asteroid Belt Solar System Bracelet
Yes, this bracelet includes real fragments from the Asteroid Belt! Details below!
Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies a ring of rocky objects known as the Asteroid Belt. The bead at the center of this bracelet contains a mixture of different classes of meteorites (howardite, eucrite, diogenite) from a large impact basin in the southern hemisphere of Vesta, the second-largest object in the Asteroid Belt.
In addition to this custom-made, resin bead, we've included a selection of semi-precious natural stones to represent other classic bodies in the solar system: The Sun (Citrine), Mercury (Black Labradorite), Venus (Riverstone), Earth (Lapis Lazuli), the Moon (Silver Crazy Lace Agate), Mars (Red Malachite), Jupiter (Botswana Agate), Saturn (Honey Tiger Eye), Uranus (Amazonite), Neptune (Angelite), Pluto (Picture Jasper), and the Universe beyond (Obsidian).
The semi-precious stones and asteroid belt beads are offset with small, sterling silver beads. The full bracelet measures 7" in length though it will stretch a bit further.
The bracelet comes in a gray gift box with a small information card that includes the names of all the semi-precious stones.
As noted above, the bead containing the Asteroid Belt fragments is made at Mini Museum with a mixture of several meteorites: Eucrites "Millbillillie", NWA 10166, and NWA 6694; Diogenites "Tatahouine", NWA 7831, and NWA 5784; and Howardites "Johnstown", NWA 1929, and the newly classified NWA 10262.
The process for making these beads involves numerous stages of reduction, turning nickel-iron and stone into very small fragments. With this material, they create individual disks, or "mini asteroid belts," which they then seal in resin and polish in their shop.
The result is a unique piece of jewelry for each and every person with fragments of asteroids that date to the earliest age of the solar system!
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