Solar System Cosmogram Necklace
Proportional Distances measured in Beads
1 Bead = ~20 Million Miles
Natural High-Grade Gemstone Planets
Wearable Map of the Solar System
Yes! The Original Proportional Solar System Necklace featured by The Planetary Society!
Our Solar System Jewelry series has also been featured by BuzzFeed, MAKE: NASA, and NPR's Science Friday. :)
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Beautiful Natural Gemstones and tiny glass beads demonstrate each planet's distance from the Sun. Distances are proportionally accurate, with each bead representing approximately 20 million miles of Space.
Includes an informational card with a Diagram of the Solar System, including the measurements used, and the gemstones that represent each planet.
Natural High-Grade Gemstone Planets:
Mercury: Crazy Lace Agate
Venus: Morocco Agate
Earth: Sodalite
Moon: Moonstone
Mars: Red Jasper
Asteroid Belt: Leopard Jasper
Jupiter: Jupiter Jasper
Saturn: Botswana Agate, Yellow Jade
Uranus: Amethyst
Neptune: Aventurine
Pluto: Picture Jasper
Our original Solar System Necklace includes the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth & our Moon, Mars, the Asteroid Belt (includes 7 Asteroids to represent Ceres, Vesta, or your favorites), Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the popular controversial dwarf planet Pluto, representing the Kuiper belt. Planets with many moons are accented with opalescent glass beads.
Planets, moons, and asteroids are enlarged for dramatic emphasis*.
A wearable version of an astrometric chart,
with gemstone, ceramic, shell, and glass beads
representing the planets, moons, and asteroids,
this solar system necklace is a decorative cosmogram,
inspiring celestial thoughts of the vastness of Space.
*Not for use in actual Space Navigation
Length: 75 inches / 190.5 centimeters
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Designer: Laura Cesari for Chain of Being - Winter 2009
Based on a pattern from Nature.
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Interview with The Planetary Society:
https://www.planetary.org/articles/2565
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Interview with The Planetary Society:
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