Post subject: Re: Original: Your Latest Jewelry Creation! Lets See It!
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 1:58 am
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Hi Stephen, if you get one of the sintered laps that Gearloose is selling, you could easily cut a groove arond the crystal. I must try it with one of mine!
Finished this one with a simple wire-wrapped bail. Gem silica in 14k white gold. I like how my brother's photos turned out, gets the color much better than mine did.
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There is a lot of custom jewelry here & very well done so Im adding 3 custom items to the list, 1st is a bixbite/emerald pendent, next is an opal wrapped in 18kt yellow gold, & the last is the emerald pendent in 18kt yellow gold, the emerald pendent is neat in that as it was being built, I noticed 'flex' in the frame getting to be an issue, so I had the frame 'stress corrected' at certain points to reduce flex & give a more stable base work, for daily wearing the item is sturdy enough to wear & handle-
Post subject: Re: Original: Your Latest Jewelry Creation! Lets See It!
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 6:20 pm
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ruby302 wrote:
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There is a lot of custom jewelry here & very well done so Im adding 3 custom items to the list, 1st is a bixbite/emerald pendent, next is an opal wrapped in 18kt yellow gold, & the last is the emerald pendent in 18kt yellow gold, the emerald pendent is neat in that as it was being built, I noticed 'flex' in the frame getting to be an issue, so I had the frame 'stress corrected' at certain points to reduce flex & give a more stable base work, for daily wearing the item is sturdy enough to wear & handle-
That opal looks Ethiopian to me. I have one just like it (though a bit larger.) Love the red beryl.
Post subject: Re: Original: Your Latest Jewelry Creation! Lets See It!
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 3:18 pm
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To add a little info to the origin of the opal, the seller of the stone I bought from, bought the stone, 1 of 3, he bought from the mine owner in Australia around the 1990 yrs. The seller is a 5th gen. stone cutter & knows rough & origins, important to his business. When looking at the stone under a loop or scope, one can see a tightness of the material usually not seen in the Ethiopean material, the initial visuals seem to copy the African stones. The Australian material is a little more stable & hardier in handling, less chance of 'crazing' or cracking as it looses moisture to the air. Many appraisers have verified Australian origin. Please dont take the pic on the post as gosple, just a pic using a cheap camera under not too good lighting, to give the forum an approximate image in the pic. This stone at 14cts+ is the smaller sister stone to a 24ct. opal I didnt buy. That too, a beautiful stone, same origin. The gold work by the same person who does ALL my pendents, again, not a slouch in his work-
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