My husband has managed to mangle a silver ring I gave him. It saved his hand but broke the stone. I hammered it back into shape on my ring mandrel but the stone will have to be replaced. I'm wondering if bending back the prongs will work or if new prongs need to be set. Thanks, -- Connie...

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So this is a basic jewelry question........ Can any ring be re-sized or are there certain stipulations?

Hi all, Just made myself some beaded Crystal heart pendants to wear for myself with the crystals I received as Christmas present. Here's the photos: http://www.beadjewelrymaking.com/beaded_valentine_hearts.html also two of the hearts I have drawn out the instruction on are at this page:

I have a cup (the famous Ruby Cup of Schmidling Hall) http://schmidling.com/gems.htm that needs some help. It is a silver plated, brass wine cup into which I have set 8 rubies. The very bottom inside is getting grungy and bare brass is showing through. A crust of some sort of brown oxide forms...

An observation. A jeweler not far from my house in the Piedmont of North Carolina always seems to have an ad in The Smithsonian magazine. It's a fine publication. Once or twice I saw that he had two ads running a few pages apart for his whimsical bracelets and pendants (simple stuff, sterling, not...

I am off on a different tangent now. I found a web site with "hi res" pictures of gems for learning (mine) purposes. I fully appreciate the difficulties of photographing gems but some of these are really hard to explain. For example,

"Bulk diffusion or beryllium treatment is a treatment that has only been known to the market for a short period of time. It is obvious now that this treatment has been experimented with for much longer but it is unknown how many gems entered the market before this treatment was disclosed - a...

I have a 14 kp white gold men's diamond wedding band with the markings "artcrest" and 14kp on the inside of the band. It was purchased in 1983. I am trying to get info on the manufacturer and what alloys where used and if it was plated. I have searched but can find no mention of who made artcrest...

My friend dunked a .925 silver pin into a jewelry cleaning fluid and it came out with a gold colored surface. She said it was a new bottle of the stuff, but that it had never happened before with the same type of fluid. Has anyone heard of this happening before? Anyone have an explanation for...

Diamond jewelry is very popular. Some pieces, such as diamond engagement and wedding rings, are often worn 24 hours a day. Even though you may wear your diamond jewelry around the clock, you should give thought to its care. Diamonds are durable, but they still require proper maintenance. Diamonds...

I recently set a 1/2ct diamond in a 14KT White gold setting with 6 prongs. When I was all done and I took it out of the ultrasonic cleaner I found that there was a fracture or inclusion that was new that ran between prongs. (Let's say prong#2 to prong#4). There was no significant inclusion in...

I'm not sure if I should buy the current model MDR 330 packeage or wait for the new owners to come out with the new "improved" model. Has anyone seen there booth at Tucson? Thanksa junior facetor.

Watching a jewelry tv channel, the message from the presenter was " Tanz is rare, buy now while you have the chance as mines are likely to be exhausted in 9 to 10 years". Whilst I would agree that it's both an attractive and expensive gem, if the gem becomes extinct and is no longer marketed or...

I'm new to this newsgroup, hello. I'm looking for a good rock tumbler to burnish fired silver clay pieces. There are quite a few on the market to choose from. Anyone have an opinion or advice about these little machines? Vibrating or tumbling? Stainless shot or polishing grit? Help!

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I saw someone with a flat, white earring to-day. It was sort of punk-esque, but they definitely weren't plugs or fake plugs; they were just thin circles like the end of a push pin but slightly larger. They were something like these ear stud flat...

Can anyone recommend a good lost wax caster (to sterling silver) in the UK who will be willing to work with a beginner who has carved some waxes but isn't sure what process to follow now? I'd like to go to a company where they keep the moulds so I can reorder small amounts when I need...

Hi, I want to get my ears pierced through the fleshy part (not cartilage)in the middle of the ear. I did it in the lower lobes years ago, at the mall, without problem (other than me fainting the first time!). But I just did a web search, and found lots of horror stories, especially involving...

Hey, I'm about to buy an expensive Ticonium Ti-Lectro electropolisher (often used in dental labs) to electropolish a complex part for a jewelry project. I know it will work, but it's costly. Then I saw an ad for a Speed Brite ionic "cleaner" which seems to work on a similar principle but is...