{"product_id":"asteroid-belt-solar-system-bracelet","title":"Asteroid Belt Solar System Bracelet","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYes, this bracelet includes real fragments from the Asteroid Belt! Details below!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/1715\/files\/asteroid-belt-hero-01_1024x1024.jpg?v=1570056767\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\"They resemble small stars so much as hardly to be distinguished from them. From this, their asteroidal appearance, if I take my name, and call them Asteroids.\"\u003c\/em\u003e ~ William Herschel after making observations of Ceres and Pallas in 1802\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBetween 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/1715\/files\/asteroid-belt-montage-01_1024x1024.jpg?v=1570060209\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbove: The Asteroid Belt Bracelet with Howardite NWA 10262\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn 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: \u003cstrong\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eCitrine\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003eMercury\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eBlack Labradorite\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003eVenus\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eRiverstone\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003eEarth\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eLapis Lazuli\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003ethe Moon\u003c\/strong\u003e (Silver Crazy Lace Agate), \u003cstrong\u003eMars\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eRed Malachite\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003eJupiter\u003c\/strong\u003e (Botswana Agate), \u003cstrong\u003eSaturn\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eHoney Tiger Eye\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003eUranus\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eAmazonite\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003eNeptune\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eAngelite\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003ePluto\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003ePicture Jasper\u003c\/em\u003e), and \u003cstrong\u003ethe Universe\u003c\/strong\u003e beyond (\u003cem\u003eObsidian\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/1715\/files\/asteroid-belt-card-16x9-pop_2048x2048.jpg?v=1570060802\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe semi-precious stones and asteroid belt beads are offset with small, sterling silver beads. \u003cstrong\u003eThe full bracelet measures 7\" in length\u003c\/strong\u003e though it will stretch a bit further.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/1715\/files\/asteroid-belt-in-hand-02_1024x1024.jpg?v=1570059847\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe bracelet comes in a gray gift box with a small information card that includes the names of all the semi-precious stones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/1715\/files\/asteroid-belt-montage-02_1024x1024.jpg?v=1570060362\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs noted above, the bead containing the Asteroid Belt fragments is made right here at Mini Museum with a mixture of several meteorites: \u003cstrong\u003eEucrites\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Millbillillie\", NWA 10166, and NWA 6694; \u003cstrong\u003eDiogenites\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Tatahouine\", NWA 7831, and NWA 5784; and \u003cstrong\u003eHowardites\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Johnstown\", NWA 1929, and the newly classified NWA 10262.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/1715\/files\/asteroid-belt-source-montage_1024x1024.jpg?v=1570056369\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbove: Meteorites used in the Asteroid Belt Bracelet and a geological map of Vesta \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe process for making these beads involves numerous stages of reduction, turning nickel-iron and stone into very small fragments. With this material, we create individual disks, or \"mini asteroid belts,\" which we then seal in resin and polish right here in our shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/1715\/files\/asteroid-belt-crafting-montage_1024x1024.jpg?v=1570060594\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbove: Various stages of production for the unique Asteroid Belt beads.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe 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!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/1715\/files\/asteroid-belt-montage-03_1024x1024.jpg?v=1570059898\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore About the Asteroid Belt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTerrestrial or rocky planets, such as Earth, form through a process of accretion in which small bodies collide and coalesce into increasingly larger forms. At 1km in diameter, the bodies possess enough mass that they begin to attract one another, eventually forming planets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarly theories about the Asteroid Belt suggested there was once a planet that was destroyed by a massive collision, but more recent calculations indicate that the gravitational influence of Jupiter made this impossible from the very start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAstronomers have determined that much of the mass needed to form a planet in the Asteroid Belt was ejected by early interactions with Jupiter. The remaining large bodies then settled into stable orbits, isolated from each other by mutual gravitational perturbations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1866, Daniel Kirkwood noticed gaps in the Asteroid Belt at locations corresponding to specific fractions of Jupiter's orbit around the Sun. Kirkwood correctly postulated that gravitational perturbations from Jupiter nudge asteroids into unstable orbits, ejecting them from the Belt entirely. Similar forces can be seen at work in the gaps and varied densities of the rings of Saturn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mini Museum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51996600336669,"sku":"50-807-1506-206-81","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/8697\/2701\/files\/asteroid-belt-main-2000.jpg?v=1783566166","url":"https:\/\/bestofthirdparty.com\/products\/asteroid-belt-solar-system-bracelet","provider":"Best Of Third Party","version":"1.0","type":"link"}