There are no stars in the sky; there are diamonds in a midnight orbit, rotating, spinning; a sparkling element in the dream of infinity. She ponders what magic awaits to discover; how she can capture it and bring it to her, how she can hold that path and show the world what an exquisite thing she has found.

What wonder awaits!

In honor of astronomer Vera Rubin, who discovered NGC 4550, a galaxy in which half the stars orbit in one direction, mingled with half that head the other way. She won medals aplenty: the Gold Medal of Britain’s Royal Astronomical Society (last awarded to a woman in 1828) and America’s National Medal of Science.

• Rock crystal

• Hand-made Black Diamond Venetian vintage bead

• A wrap of antique peacock glass beads

• Tiny rondelles of labradorite

• Antique brass bead caps

• Sterling silver wires

• Two and a quarter inch drop.

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