Perle di Stelle® is a handmade brand made in Venice, which is characterized by a selection of unique jewelry collection , using Murano glass and real meteorites. We wanted to combine Venice with the immensity of the space.

Imagine being in the most beautiful and romantic city in the world, on a clear night you observe the stars and the moon reflected in the water on one of its canals or even better on its lagoon.

It is not easy to capture the essence and spirituality of such a fascinating painting and transform it into objects made to be worn. Perle di Stelle® together with Momylia managed to do it. We have created jewels made with Murano glass, which are truly unique, involving science, craftsmanship and technology.

Thanks to a meticulous work, entirely handmade and consisting of a mix of glass, rocks from space and precious metals, we have created jewels with the intention of going beyond simple ornament.

All parts are manually assembled using quality elements, mostly 925 silver. Our brand ensures a lifetime guarantee on all creations. The jewels are also designed for lovers of craftsmanship thus you will never find two absolutely alike. The work is done by artisans who first acquired the necessary practice to combine Murano glass with extraterrestrial rock fragments, which are mostly older than our own planet.

The small fragments belong to meteorites classified and present on the Meteoritical Bulletin Database, of the Meteoritical Society (International Society for Meteoritics and Planetary Science).

Among the meteorites we are using are:

• ✦ Meteorites fell in Chelyabinsk, Russia, on February 15, 2013. Fall became famous for the size and brightness of the fireball as well as for the multitude of videos on the internet. Over a ton of chondrite-type meteorites (LL5) fell in Chelyabinsk;
• ✦ NWA 869 meteorites not seen falling, found in Northwest Africa in 2001. Type chondrites (L4-6);
• ✦ NWA 11421 Meteorites also found in northwestern Africa and classified as lunar meteorites (Lunar feldspathic breccia). These meteorites are composed of rocks that come from the lunar highlands, that is, from the lighter areas, which can be seen by observing the Moon, even with the naked eye.

Material Warranty:

The meteorites we use are absolutely not dangerous for humans and radioactive level is similar or lower than the average of the most common terrestrial rocks.

The possible presence in the meteoritic material allergenic agents, such as nickel, are rendered harmless, because they are immersed in glass.

The metal material used for the assembly is all hypoallergenic, the small parts are in rhodium-plated or / and gold-plated 925 silver and complies with the European Regulation n.1907 / 2006 / EC (in acronym REACH and mod. EC Regulation n. 494/2011 ). For the same REACH it is compliant with the release of nickel: EN 1811: 2011.

PRECAUTIONS: Correct use of the product is recommended, strong shocks could break and make pearls sharp. In this case the jewel should not be worn, we decline any responsibility for the damage that could derive from it.

It is not a toy! Keep out of reach of children.

Owner of the Perle di Stelle® brand is Adam Ecaterina.

Producer of the Perle di Stelle® brand is Momylia di Milly Rizzo, 3378 Cannaregio, 30121 Venice, Italy.

A bit of science

Most of the meteorites that fall on Earth are from asteroid origin, but there are also from the Moon and Mars. Here's how this is possible.

Over time, all planets, including ours, are subject to large meteoroid impacts, the energy released by such impacts on the surface of rocky planets or satellites can be large enough to hurl rocks into space with a speed higher than the escape velocity of the parent body, such rocks disperse in interplanetary space and gradually can also fall on the Earth. Therefore , from time to time, Martian and lunar meteorites fall, probably also from other planets. The certainty that the meteorite comes from Moon or from Mars is determined by a mineralogical comparison made with the lunar samples collected mainly by the astronauts from the Apollo missions or by the analyzes made by the space probes that went to Mars. In both cases, integration with information regarding isotopic abundance is what confirms the origin.

Maurizio Eltri

In the photo: Maurizio Eltri holding a lunar meteoite of over two hundred grams, (NWA11303), belonging to his collection of meteorites.

Perle di Stelle® brand was born several years ago thanks to Maurizio Eltri passion about astronomy and the creativity of his wife Ecaterina Adam.

After months of work to study the adaptability of different types of meteorites on Murano glass, Maurizio and Ecaterina have found a very valid and irreplaceable collaboration with "Momylia" (Emilia Rizzo and Mauro Zennaro).

The true experts in the art of Venetian pearl making, Mauro and his wife Emilia immediately accepted with pleasure and enthusiasm the challenge of creating jewelry by incorporating extraterrestrial fragments into the glass.

Thanks to their great passion and over thirty years of experience in lampworking glass, guided by the wonderful idea they were pursuing, specifically to enclose a piece of the Universe within Murano glass, after some time they obtained truly brilliant results. This is the way it was born the union between Perle di Stelle® and "Momylia".