alveolus necklace | gold vermeil meta-catalog Before 1986

Before 1986

Pendant size and visual scale

the scarab symbolized rebirth and creation because the Egyptians observed beetles rolling balls of dung and interpreted this as a metaphor for the sun's movement across the sky

which means more sites for cell attachment

while chemists and food scientists recognise the structural and pharmacological depth behind it

alveolus necklace | gold vermeil meta-catalog Before 1986Alveolus necklace gold vermeil Roughly 480 million alveoli per pair of human lungs, with a combined surface area of about 70 square metres and a capillary blood barrier 0. 5 micrometres thick. Every breath crosses this membrane twice. The gold vermeil version is the same alveolus as the silver, in a warmer key. The Anatomy of the Alveolus The alveolus is the terminal sac of the respiratory tree, sitting downstream of the bronchioles where gas exchange