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Celebrating the dreams and realities of spaceflight in the past, present, and retro-future. New posts Wednesday-Friday.

Way-Back Machine: Nine Planets Ring

The 9 Planets Ring - 18k gold, Gibeon Meteorite and 9 Gemstones

I first posted about this nine planets ring about three years ago, and it’s still a gorgeous piece! I love the rotating ring of planets — in the view above, you can see the curvature of the chrysoberyl cat’s-eye Saturn. (Every planet is a tasty gem! All NINE of them!)

This ring features a complete band of Gibeon Meteorite framed and mounted in an 18k gold band. The meteorite has been etched with nitric acid to reveal the characteristic patterns, or Widmanstatten figures, of iron meteorites, and set with 9 gemstones representing the inner planets of our Solar System. Mercury is represented by a rust colored Sapphire, Venus a golden Sapphire, Earth an irradiated blue Diamond, Mars a Ruby, Jupiter an Opal, Saturn a Cats Eye Chrysoberyl with an inlaid 24k gold ring, Uranus a green Sapphire, Neptune a blue Sapphire and Pluto a black Diamond. What really makes this ring special is that the band of meteorite spins independent of the gold ring, so when it is on, the planets rotate around the wearer’s finger.

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May 25, 2012
Filed Under: Fashion & Accessories
Tagged With: jewelry, planets, saturn

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Celebrating the dreams and realities of spaceflight in the past, present, and retro-future. Blog by Danielle Rose, space cadet and STS-133 NASA Tweetup Attendee.

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