The Earth sure gives us some gorgeous gemstones. Deep red rubies, sultry sapphires, ethereal emeralds, and those disco ball diamond dreamboats. 

But where can a gal (or guy) turn when they want something more than Mother Earth has to offer? Friends, feast your eyes on the skies. Those twinkling starry night skies. And get ready because we are coming at you with something extra. 

Extraterrestrial, that is. 

But first, let us tell you a story that no one was there to see. Take your imagination back in time about 15 million years ago or so to the Middle Miocene Epoch. You’d recognize a lot of the animals roaming around but the flora would be a bit foreign. Somewhere in Central Europe one dewey day, animals start to stir and a ferocious noise comes out of nowhere. Suddenly, a massive meteor blasts into the atmosphere and slams into the ground creating a gaping crater and blasting mineral matter for hundreds of miles. 

Now let’s skip ahead to the Stone Age. Humans have shown up and we’re getting the hang of these new fangled things called tools. Tektite, an amazing green glass-like stone, happens to be a useful material to make tools and weapons. It’s used extensively throughout the area that would eventually become the Czech Republic.

Much later, farmers in this same region happen upon Tektite in their fields, brought to the surface as a result of plowing, heavy rains, and general movement of the earth. Early humans also revered the stone, regarding it as a talisman of good fortune associated with fertility and safety. It has been found in archeological digs dating back to the Paleolithic era, and Czech lore mentions Tektite as a betrothal gift that brings harmony to a relationship. 

Gem grade Tektite is rare. Today, collectors scour the regions of Bohemia and Moravia, seeking Tektite in loose sands and gravel. Becuase the stone was created when a meteorite struck the Earth, only 275 tons of Tektite will ever exist in this particular region.

Thanks to its meteoric inception, this rad gem has some extraterrestrial vibes. But it has an earthly essence too, embodying an intense cosmic bond between the heavens and Earth. Some say you can even feel the heated traces of the stone’s fiery origins in your hand, with elements of the stone’s energy able to reverberate throughout the body.

These interplanetary wonders bear the markings of their dramatic births; bubbly inclusions formed as the stone cooled down and air in the midst of escaping became trapped. We love this star-born stone, which comes in forest green and gorgeous olive green. We love it the most when it is fancifully faceted and set in buttery yellow gold. It serves as a constant reminder of the vastness and beauty of the universe and our small but mighty place in it.

But Tektite is not the only extraterrestrial mineral that we have gotten our hands on lately. 

Even more rare and esoteric is pallasite peridot, which originates from pallasite meteorites. According to the Meteoritical Society's meteor database, there have less than 100 recorded pallasites that have ever been found. For comparison, there are tens of thousands of other meteorite types on record. Pallasite meteorites were named after Prussian zoologist and botanist Peter Simon Pallas who also has 18 animals named after him, such as the Pallas tube-nosed bat and the Pallas sandgrouse. Can you tell he was into the esoteric?

Some of the most incredible pallasite peridots come from the Jepara meteorite in Indonesia, well known for its superb gems. Pallasite peridot is not only the rarest form of peridot, but we have managed to source some eye-clean specimens with an unusually gorgeous color and expert cutting that makes the gem especially impressive, even without its super special origin.

Though eye-clean, magnified 10x you would be able to see the tiny needle-like inclusions typical of pallasite peridot. These are known as acicular inclusions, which are composed of an “unknown material” according to geologists. This is the major difference between terrestrial peridot and their alien cousins and serves as a mark of their interstellar origin.

We’ve whipped up some gorgeous rings with this remarkable mineral. A conversation starter, signature jewel, and statement piece all in one, fabricated in our signature setting that makes it a truly timeless piece of extraterrestrial adornment.