I'm going to be moving back to the San Francisco/Bay Area (yay! I'm going home for a few) for a little bit. I'm wondering if any of you know of a good appraiser for some stones I've purchased over the past year. Yea, I've been slacking. :( Any/all advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks! CeM

Hello, I am in seek of a reliable and precise laser engraver in the New York area. I have had experience with 2 in the diamond district and found that while the laser engraving itself was very crisp the placement of the engraving was not very accurate or repeatable. Does anyone know of one in the...

I want to make a really special gift for a *very* good male friend of mine and think I would like to make a curb chain bracelet. More specifically I was looking at the "Filed Curb Link Bracelet" on page 55 of "Making Silver Chains" by Glen F. Waszek. I've got a few questions for all you...

My old friend Bogdan Kobylarz is selling his jewelry shop in San Mateo (south of San Francisco). 80% of his business is to the trade, the rest is retail. The shop has been in business for 24 years. About 6 years ago, he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, has set up a separate business there, and has...

Okay, so I don't know if "mined" is the word, but I did head out to Topaz Mountain, Utah the other day and came home with some cool pieces. I've cleaned them up a bit and would now like to make a necklace or two and maybe some earings for the woman/girls in my life. I'm looking for a nudge in the...

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The recent issue of the magazine "Art Jewelry" has a nice article about Abrasha and his work. (Knowing he's way to modest to mention it here in the newsgroup, I figured somebody had to do it. :-)

I am no a jeweler or chemist. I have a small pin made of a plastic dated = to the early 1940=92s. It is gold plated (?) and badly worn in spots. Can the go= ld be removed? TIA

I was told of a watch/jewelry repairman who was asked to tighten a screw on a pair of eyeglasses and was subsequently sued for medical malpractice or practicing medicine without a license or some such and driven out of business. Is there any truth to the story? It's what my store's owner uses as...

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I heard that some jewels are cursed and will bring bad luck to anyone wearing them. Is that true and if yes, how can I find cursed jewels ???

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I'm thinking about using some copper and/or brass as part of some of my silver jewellery. (I know this gives hallmarking problems here in the UK but I'm not concerned with that in this posting.) It has occurred to me that there may well be problems with discolouring skin on contact and also tarnish...

I run a product design consultancy and have been approached to design a new "charm" weighing roughly 5 grams . Please could someone explain the process needed to produce a gold or silver charm in quantities of 50 to 250 per year. As you can see from my company web site I am well versed in...

is it safe to pickle finished pieces that contain leaded glass? will the pickle hurt the glass? -- @vicki (Books) http://www.booksnbytes.com (Jewelry) http://www.vickijean.com (Metalsmithing) http://www.snugglewench.com

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I have a customer that states she wants a piece of America Jade. She describes what she wants as being similar in color to chrysocolla and it has black specks in it. Anyone know a resource I can contact to get some?

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I'm very new to making things in silver and even less experienced at selling. I've attended three craft fairs in South Wales UK and done quite well, very well and today not very well. That I suppose must be a fairly typical series of selling opportunities for many beginners. No gripes from me so...

hi i sell diamond jewelry online and off as a business of mine. i'd like to do appraisals as well... i have a question about GIA GG and GIA Gemologist titles. for those of you who are GIA alumni...is it ok/legal/ethical for someone in the jewelry business(me) to do appraisals as a Gemologist? or...