AUTHENTICITY & PROVENANCE
Every piece begins in space.
We prove it before it reaches you.
Pallas 1772 works only with meteorite whose origin is verified, registered and traceable — not just claimed. Here is exactly how we know, and how you can check it yourself.
See the certificate
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Registered meteorite
Classified with the Meteoritical Society, not just claimed.
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Certificate with every order
No exceptions, no upsell — it just comes with the piece.
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Hand-finished by one artisan
Never mass-produced, never outsourced.
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No fake serial numbers
We register the material. We don't stamp fiction onto it.
THE MATERIAL
This isn't “meteorite-style.” It's meteorite.
Every collection draws from two verified falls: Aletai, a coarse octahedrite iron meteorite recovered from the Xinjiang region of China — one of the largest meteorite strewnfields on Earth — and Sericho, a pallasite recovered in eastern Kenya.
Every piece carries the Widmanstätten pattern — the crystal structure that only forms when molten iron cools for a million years inside an asteroid core. It isn't engraved, and no workshop can fake it; it either grew that way over 4.5 billion years, or it didn't.
CLASSIFICATION & REGISTRATION
Aletai — Iron meteorite
IIIE-an, coarse octahedrite — Xinjiang, China (first mass 1898)
Sericho — Pallasite
Stony-iron, olivine in nickel-iron matrix — Isiolo County, Kenya (found 2016)
Registered with
Meteoritical Bulletins 105 (Aletai) & 106 (Sericho), The Meteoritical Society
Sourced through an IMCA-member, NGTC-certified meteorite supplier — checkable against public meteoritical records, not just our word.
FROM IMPACT SITE TO YOUR HANDS
Chain of custody
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Found
Recovered from the Aletai strewnfield, Xinjiang, or the Sericho site in Isiolo County, Kenya.
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Classified
Verified and registered with the Meteoritical Society before it reaches the workshop.
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Hand-finished
Cut, set and polished by one artisan, piece by piece.
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Certified
Signed, matched to its registered classification, and shipped with your order.
Certificate of Authenticity
Pallas 1772 — Est. 1772
MaterialAletai Iron Meteorite (IIIE–an, coarse octahedrite)
RecoveredXinjiang, China — first mass 1898
ClassifiedMeteoritical Bulletin 105
SourcedIMCA-member, NGTC-certified supplier
Daniel L
Founder — Pallas 1772
No. PAL–26–VAULT–031
Example shown: an Aletai-core certificate (Bulletin 105, Xinjiang). Sericho-core pieces ship with the matching Bulletin 106 / Isiolo County, Kenya certificate instead — never a generic one.
WHAT'S ON YOUR CERTIFICATE
Included with every order. No upsell.
Material and classification, find location, and a certificate reference tying it back to a registered meteorite fall. Aletai pieces cite Bulletin 105 and Xinjiang, China; Sericho pieces cite Bulletin 106 and Isiolo County, Kenya — always matched to your specific piece, never generic.
Why isn't the meteorite itself numbered?
Your certificate carries its own reference number for our records — what it doesn't do is pretend the meteorite fragment itself is individually serialized. That's not how registration works. The real authority is the registered classification — Bulletin 105 for Aletai, Bulletin 106 for Sericho — and a supply chain we can actually show you, not a number stamped on for effect.
DON'T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT
How to verify it yourself
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Look up the classification
Search "Meteoritical Bulletin 105" (Aletai) or "Meteoritical Bulletin 106" (Sericho) and confirm it's a real, catalogued fall — not a brand name.
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Check your certificate against your product page
Material, classification and setting should match exactly. If anything looks off, tell us — we'd want to know too.
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Ask us directly
Send your order number and we'll walk you through the sourcing paperwork behind your specific piece.
THEN, TEST THE PIECE ITSELF
Three checks you can do at home — no lab required
Paperwork is only half of it. Here's what to look for on the metal itself.
The magnet test
Hold a fridge magnet near the meteorite window, not the metal frame. Genuine iron-nickel meteorite shows clear attraction. This alone doesn't prove authenticity — a few earthly metals are magnetic too — but no attraction at all is a red flag.
The pattern, under light
Angle the meteorite face under strong light, ideally with a loupe. You're looking for the Widmanstätten pattern — crossing crystal bands with real depth and irregular spacing. It forms over roughly a million years inside a cooling asteroid core. Flat, uniform, printed-looking texture is the tell of a fake.
No two pieces alike
Because the pattern is natural, not printed, every piece reads slightly differently. If you ever see two "meteorite" pieces with the exact same pattern, that's the fake — not yours.
Full lab identification — acid-etch cross-sections, isotope analysis — exists, but it's destructive and it's what accredited labs are for, not something to try on a piece you're wearing. Want that level of verification? Ask us and we'll point you to the paperwork behind your specific piece.
QUESTIONS
Frequently asked
Is this a real meteorite, not lab-grown or synthetic?
Yes. Every piece is cut from Aletai iron meteorite (Meteoritical Bulletin 105, Xinjiang) or Sericho pallasite (Meteoritical Bulletin 106, Isiolo County, Kenya) — both registered falls, sourced through an IMCA-member, NGTC-certified supplier, not synthetic composites.
Why isn't the meteorite itself individually numbered?
Your certificate has its own reference number for our records, but the meteorite fragment isn't individually serialized — that's not how registration works. The real authority is the classification with the Meteoritical Society, not a number stamped on for effect.
What if I lose my certificate?
Email us your order number and we'll reissue a copy at no charge.
Can I get my piece appraised or insured?
[Confirm with an insurer/appraiser before publishing.] Your certificate documents material and provenance, which most jewellery insurers ask for.
Which meteorite is used in my piece?
It depends on the design — check your product page, or ask us and we'll confirm before you order.
Own a piece of it, proven.
