Description
- Yes! Our MiniVerse Solar System jewelry series has been featured by The Planetary Society, BuzzFeed, MAKE:, NASA, and NPR's Science Friday!
- An Awesome gift for Students, Teachers, and Space Geeks! Wear this beautiful Map of the Solar System and show off your love of Space and the Planets: beads represent the Planets and Measure the distances of Space!
- Measure the Distances of Space! Each planet is measured out on the bracelet according to its' distance from the Sun. 1 Bead = ~50 Million Miles. Planets and Sun are enlarged for dramatic emphasis*. (*not for actual space navigation)
- Beautiful Gemstones and Mother-of-Pearl beads represent each planet: Mercury & Venus (crazy lace agate), Earth (magnesite), Mars (red jasper), Jupiter (leopard jasper), Saturn (agate, mother-of-pearl), Uranus (fluorite), and Neptune (aventurine). If you are a fan of Pluto, check out our shop for the "We Love Pluto" version...
- Handmade in Boulder Creek, California. We are a small, 2-person shop and we make everything ourselves. Our goal is to design and make beautiful intelligent jewelry pieces, and create unique ideas we've never seen before. Please visit our page for the matching Necklace and other Solar System Jewelry!
"MiniVerse" Solar System Bracelet : A beaded bracelet demonstrating the relative distances between the planet orbits in our Solar System. Distances between planet orbits are proportionally accurate, with each tiny black glass bead approximating ~50 million miles / ~80 million kilometers of Space. This bracelet includes the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, our Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. If you are a fan of Pluto, check our shop for the "We Love Pluto" version. (*please note, by popular demand, we have started offering this with a lobster-claw clasp) Designer: Laura Cesari for Chain of Being - Spring 2010 - Based on a pattern from Nature.
