Lapidary Crafting and Jewelry Making

thir are hundred of maker marks on rings, though the 14k is for 48% gold.

If it's CA with an Aroow thru the letters it is Carl-Art Inc. Providence Rhode Island Since 1937.

It varies hugely with the type and quality of opal. In general the black opal (lights against a dark background) is more expensive than milky opal (lights against a creamy background). But opals are very individual, and prices depend on the appeal of a particular stone as presented, or a cutter's eye for its potential.

It's just another trade name for cubic zirconia. It's a great diamond substitute, but why buy overpriced junk from a shopping channel when you can get the same stuff for half the price on eBay?

If you can prove it, you should ask for it back. Whether you get it back or not, I'd definitely no longer be friends with that person.

A basic soldering iron and very low melting point hard solder will do the trick. Beware that many iron meteorites have issues with rusting... it's just not a great idea for jewelry in my opinion.

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the best known cz's are Russian cz. next to the Russian cz,are the ones cut in Switzerland,as they are known for cutting the most famous glass in the world,swarovski crystal.

No

those establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing jewelry and other articles worn on or carried about the person, made of precious metals such as platinum, gold, and silver

Any brand will do, as long as it has a timer and decent heat control for annealing glass, and can put out enough heat to handle the metal clay.

The time and cost involved in separating two rings that are soldered together really depends on the type of metal used in the piece - platinum, gold, silver, etc. Typically, the rings can be separated easily but a majority of the time is spent polishing and cleaning up the metal after separation so that both rings look as flawless as possible. In terms of dollars, a good estimate of time is to allocate about $100/hour for high-level labor and about 1-3 hours of total labor.

Yes, gold can change your skin colour. Just take your gold ring and slide the bottom of the ring down your face and sure enough, you will have a mark down your face.

A jeweler can help you refine the setting to accommodate a smaller stone -- 10 mm being about the size of a four-carat round stone. Stepping down a full carat in a round cut, means shrinking the setting down to 9.3 mm, for example.

The key will be to preserve the proportions of the setting, which was designed to show off a four-carat stone.

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There are many ways to set a diamond or any other precious stone, depending on the cut, size and purpose of the setting.

Any type of setting is designed to protect the stone and to keep the stone in the setting.

Cut or rough? The latter will retail for something like ten bucks a pound. Try eBay, or a local rockshop or rock and gem club.

This phrase may refer to a series of diamond stones, each of which is gradually larger than its neighbor as the series progresses in a line through the design of the jewelery.

"KT" represents Karat a measure of the content of pure gold in jewelry i.e. 10kt = 41% pure gold, 14kt = 58% pure gold. "CT" represents the diamond weight i.e.. .01 = 1/100 of a carat while 1.0 = 1 carat

Absolutely they can. Silver does has a tendency to tarnish to varying degrees depending upon the acidity and salts in the skin, humidity, and what chemicals the silver is exposed to during a regular day. Other than that, there is no other concern to enjoying wearing it as everyday jewelry for years.

Basically it means that the item complies with law regarding its composition. California seems to be the only state forcing lead compliant and nickel compliant laws, setting limits on how much of these elements can be present in order to be safe.

12K gold layer over brass or other metal which is not less than 5% total quantity of heaviness.

Yes, because it would look very Beautiful.

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