So much for gold or silver or rubies or even diamonds.

That’s old hat. Very tired. Antiquated.

The new hot thing to wear?

SR-71. Blackbird.

Yep.

A jeweler is now selling rings (pictured above) made from materials that once flew mach 3.2 and faster and part of the beloved, one-of-a-kind, hypersonic spy plane.

The maker is Wedgewood Rings, and the way they’re claiming their product is made up of former SR-71 material is that a retired United States Air Force machinist, Dan Freeman, sourced the material — from an ejector nozzle of one of the Blackbirds.

Gizmodo writer Andrew Liszewski explains why that’s — ultimately — extremely comforting to know:

So while the titanium metal portion of this ring did fly on the SR-71 Blackbird at one point, you won’t find the remaining planes, currently on display in museums across the country, full of holes and missing parts.

The inner wood portion of this ring also has an interesting backstory. It’s made from teak, but teak that was reclaimed from the deck of the USS North Carolina which served in every Pacific naval battle in World War II. The decommissioned ship now serves as a museum and memorial in Wilmington, North Carolina, but not before its deck was completely replaced and the original teak lumber was made available to the public.

More than just a handful of Americans would grab their pitchfork and stumble out their cabins in a fury (and rightfully so) if they discovered that someone was defiling/stripping the iconic aircraft in order to manufacture and sell a vain cosmetic.

So, it’s a good thing that’s not the case.