The Pallas Tag

The Pallas Tag

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  • The Pallas Tag — presentation case with signed certificate of authenticity.
  • The Pallas Tag — close-up of the Aletai Widmanstätten pattern in the upper section.
  • The Pallas Tag
  • The Pallas Tag
  • The Pallas Tag
  • The Pallas Tag
  • The Pallas Tag — presentation case with signed certificate of authenticity.
  • The Pallas Tag — close-up of the Aletai Widmanstätten pattern in the upper section.
The Pallas Tag

PALLAS 1772 — THE FORGED COLLECTION

The Pallas Tag

Forged from authenticated meteorite — material over 4.5 billion years old.

  • Every piece carries a completely unique cosmic pattern
  • Limited to only 50 pieces worldwide
  • Includes free titanium chain & premium gift packaging
£189.00
£189.00
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APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS
Pendant: 44mm × 22mm
Includes free matching titanium chain (55cm)
Materials: Aletai iron, Sericho pallasite, brushed titanium-grade steel

THE OBJECT

The Pallas Tag carries both of the meteorites our brand is built on, in a single piece.

The upper section is forged from authenticated Aletai meteorite — an iron mass that fell to Earth in the Altay region of northern Xinjiang, China, first recovered in 1898 (Meteoritical Bulletin entry). The Aletai impact created the longest meteorite strewn field ever documented on this planet. The crystalline Widmanstätten pattern visible across the surface formed in deep space over four and a half billion years.

The lower section is set with authenticated Sericho pallasite — a rare class of meteorite consisting of an iron-nickel matrix laced with translucent olivine crystals, recovered in 2016 near the village of Habaswein in Kenya (Meteoritical Bulletin entry). Pallasites are the class of meteorite catalogued in 1772 by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas. Every pallasite ever found bears his name.

The two materials are held together in a brushed titanium-grade steel frame and suspended from a heavy polished box chain. Each piece carries a different cross-section of meteorite — no two are identical.

Hand-finished by a skilled artisan. Signed certificate of authenticity.

The two materials our brand is named for, worn together.

MATERIAL

The two meteorites Pallas 1772 is named for, held together in a single piece.

The upper section is authenticated Aletai — an iron meteorite recovered in 1898 from the Altay region of northern Xinjiang, China. The Widmanstätten pattern visible across the face formed in deep space over four and a half billion years.

The lower section is authenticated Sericho — a pallasite with an iron-nickel matrix and translucent olivine crystals, recovered in 2016 near Habaswein, Kenya. Pallasites are the class catalogued in 1772 by Peter Simon Pallas, and the meteorite this brand is named for.

The two materials are held in a brushed titanium-grade steel frame on a heavy polished box chain. Every cross-section is one of one.

Aletai: IIIE-an iron meteorite, Altay, Xinjiang, China. First recovered 1898 — class named 2016.
Sericho: PMG pallasite, Habaswein, Kenya. Recovered 2016.
Both catalogued in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database.

THE CRAFT

Meteoritic iron is harder than terrestrial steel and three times as difficult to work. A single piece passes through the hands of one artisan from cut to finish — never split between hands, never automated.

The raw meteorite slice is cut and shaped. The face is etched in dilute nitric acid for the precise interval required to surface the Widmanstätten pattern without softening the edges. The metal is hand-polished, set, and finished against a leather wheel. Hours per piece. No two outcomes are identical because the lattice inside the meteorite is never identical.

We do not source from suppliers who cannot name the meteorite by its registered classification. We do not produce in volumes that compromise the work of the bench.

This is slow work, made by hand, in numbers small enough to remember.

PROVENANCE

Every Pallas 1772 piece is delivered with a hand-numbered certificate of authenticity, signed by the artisan responsible for it.

The certificate records the meteorite's official classification, its find location, its date of discovery, and the weight of meteoritic iron contained in your piece.

We do this for a simple reason. Counterfeit meteorite jewelry is widespread, and most buyers cannot tell the difference between a real Widmanstätten pattern and a stamped surrogate. A certificate that can be verified is the difference between a piece that holds value and a piece that does not.

The certificate is part of the object. Keep it with the piece.

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