Working with gemstones can be rewarding but tricky. When a gemstone breaks it can be one of the most frustrating things ever! Don’t worry, almost every jeweller has been there, and a broken gemstone doesn’t have to mean a wasted piece. Here are five top tips to make...
2020 has seen a very significant shift towards online selling and given our current ongoing situation, this looks set to continue for some time. As Christmas starts to loom, preparing for the big event for many small businesses will be a little different this year....
Create a Birthstone Pendant and learn how to facet a stone using scrap silver in our latest project by Tori Foster Tools and Materials needed: Beginners Tool Kit Starter Soldering Kit Third Hand Base Steel Bench Block Leather Sand Bag Hammer Brass Brush Emery Papers...
This tutorial will help you to create a Beaded Bar Bracelet You will need the following items to complete this tutorial: Hemp Cord, different colours, 1mm thick Dyed Aqua Jade Faceted Semi Precious Round Beads 4mm Argentium Silver Beads Plain Round 4mm Sterling Silver...
Designing with stones is fun. It is literally like choosing bonbons in a sweet shop with the endless colours and combinations available and there are many different ways to approach it. A gemstone is the focal point of a piece of jewellery; it is the main event that...
Aquamarine is one of the main varieties of beryl, the same mineral of the precious emerald, and the birthstone of March. Highly appreciated for its spark and blue to blue-green hue, this gemstone was named after “aqua marinus” (marine water), due to its...
Robert Connelly GG (GIA), GD, AGA, NAJA, ISA AM has examined and appraised several thousands of pieces of exquisite jewelry the world over since beginning his exploration of the jewelry industry in 1989 as an international wholesale buyer and seller in Brazil and United States. A Graduate Gemologist finishing with at the top of his class with a 97% rating from the Gemological Institute of America in Carlsbad, CA, he established AZ JEWELRY APPRAISERS in 2013 to serve a complete array of appraisal needs within the Phoenix, Tucson and Flagstaff areas following an educational global odyssey in gemology.
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