• Carboniferous meteorite bracelet — green phantom quartz beads with a faceted stony meteorite bead and a coffee-patterned meteorite round in a silver-tone bezel, on black slate
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STELLAR BONE · Third Pole Stone

Meteorite & Phantom Quartz Bracelet — Carboniferous

Meteorite & Phantom Quartz Bracelet — Carboniferous

$149.00 USD
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Materials

Green phantom quartz beads 8 mm · faceted stony meteorite 10 mm · coffee-patterned stony meteorite 10 mm · silver-tone bezel & spacers

Dimensions

18 / 20 / 22 cm

Origin

Meteorite: Qinghai-Tibet Plateau · Third Pole

Element

Wood

Edition

Hand-strung in small batches

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How we describe a piece

Every listing says what the piece is made of, where the material was found, and what we could not verify. There are no certificates here, because in this trade most certificates are marketing paper. What you get instead is the piece exactly as photographed — same materials, same hand-stringing, described down to the clasp — and thirty days to change your mind.

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Carboniferous · 石炭 — a forest beside a fall

Named for the Carboniferous, the eon when ancient forests grew deep green. Green phantom quartz — clear crystal with moss-green growth suspended inside it, layer by layer, like a forest recorded in stone — beside two stony meteorites: one faceted to catch the light, one smooth with its natural coffee-toned patterning set in a silver-tone bezel. Both meteorites were found on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, the "Third Pole."

About phantom quartz and chondrite

Phantom quartz forms when a crystal stops growing, a mineral coat settles on its surface, and then it grows again — trapping a "ghost" of its own past inside. The green phantoms here read as landscape: hills, moss, layered forest. The stony meteorites tell the other half of the story: chondrite, the crust of a fallen asteroid, holding chondrules — glassy spheres that condensed from the solar nebula 4.5 billion years ago. Faceted and smooth, the two stones make the contrast the whole strand is built on.

Sizing and wearing

Available in 18, 20 and 22 cm. Green phantom quartz beads 8 mm, both meteorites 10 mm; closed with a plated clasp, strung and knotted by hand. Measure your wrist with a strip of paper and add 1–1.5 cm to find your size. Natural meteorite and quartz patterns vary piece to piece — that is the material, not a flaw.

Honest disclosure, no certificates

We don't print "certificates" — most certificates in this trade are marketing paper. The listing states class, origin and finish, and admits what remains unverified. If your piece ever disagrees with the listing, return it within 30 days for a full refund, on us.

Care

Keep the strand dry when you can, wipe it with the included soft cloth after a heavy-wear day, and set it aside for swimming. Quartz is durable; meteorite is stone with a story — treat it gently and it ages gracefully. In stock and ready to ship.

Part of the Celestial Bone series · All bracelets · Wood · Growth & Vision

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木字

Eastern Five Elements · 文化渊源

Elemental reading: Wood

The Carboniferous was the age of forests — and the green in phantom quartz is ancient growth trapped crystal by crystal, wood remembered in stone. In the Five Elements it belongs to Wood; the two stony meteorites beside it carry the sky's side of the story.

Yin · Yang — The sky-fallen meteorites = yang (iron of heaven, resting on earth); the deep green phantom quartz = yin (forest stillness, growth held in stone). One strand holds both.

“A falling star, reaching the earth, becomes stone.” — Sima Qian, Records of the Grand Historian, c. 91 BC

Cultural heritage narrative only. We make no functional or metaphysical claims.

Stone & Iron

A forest beside a fall

The Two Stones — one fall, two textures

A faceted meteorite and a smooth, coffee-patterned one — two pieces of the Third Pole's sky-fall, one cut to catch light, one left to tell its own pattern in stone.

The Strand — a forest, kept in crystal

Green phantom quartz holds ancient growth inside clear stone — moss-green clouds suspended crystal by crystal, a Carboniferous forest worn on the wrist, with silver-tone spacers between.

Specimen Details

Origin
Meteorite: Qinghai-Tibet Plateau · Third Pole
Material
Green phantom quartz beads 8 mm · faceted stony meteorite 10 mm · coffee-patterned stony meteorite 10 mm · silver-tone bezel & spacers
Dimensions
18 / 20 / 22 cm
Finish
Silver-tone bezel & spacers · hand-strung

Good to know

Two meteorites, two textures

Stony meteorites are the crust of fallen space rock, found on the heights of the Third Pole plateau. One is cut with facets that catch light like windows; the other keeps its natural coffee-toned patterning, set in a silver-tone bezel. Their surfaces grew in space over millions of years — no two pattern alike.

Caring for meteorite & quartz

Keep the strand dry and wipe it with the soft cloth included after a heavy-wear day; set it aside when swimming. Phantom quartz is durable, but meteorite is stone with a story — treat it gently and it ages gracefully.

Sizing

Available in 18, 20 and 22 cm. Green phantom quartz beads 8 mm, both meteorites 10 mm. Natural meteorite and quartz patterns vary slightly piece to piece; each strand is strung and knotted by hand.

Our honest-materials statement

We state everything we know about each piece — class, origin, materials — and admit what we don't. No inflated stories, no invented provenance. If your piece ever disagrees with the listing, return it within 30 days for a full refund, on us.

IN STOCK
Ready to ship

Carboniferous is made in stocked batches and ships now. Natural meteorite and phantom quartz patterns vary slightly piece to piece — that is the material, not a flaw. If the piece you receive doesn't match the photos and specs, return it within 30 days for a full refund.

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