Meteorite Earrings Lrg

Description

These beautiful silver earrings feature a solid sphere of meteorite set into a planatary rings-within-rings design. These rings revolve around the sphere which also spins giving constant movement to this fantastic piece. Lying flat, the design becomes a series of concentric Saturn-like rings with the meteorite sphere at the centre. The solid silver has been rhodium plated to keep the silver and the meteorite tarnish free.

Meteorite Type: Muonionalusta. Octahedrite type IVA.

Age: 4,500,000,000 years

Fell: 800,000,000 years ago. Northern Scandinavia

Discovered: 1906

Metal: Solid Silver Rhodium plated to stay bright

Size: Height is 35mm (including hooks), meteorite sphere is 8mm