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Some Notes on making your own polariscope for gemology - By Charles Lewton-Brain

Polariscopes are a very useful, simple and inexpensive to make piece of gemological equipment. They are used to tell glass from gem materials synthetic spinel from all other materials, singly refractive from doubly refractive, crystaline from cryptocrystaline material, doublets and triplets from...

Tags: | Gemological Equipment | Homemade Tools |

New Cutting of Gemstones Creates Freedom For Design - By GZ Art+Design

Difficult times are often good times for the unusual. The higher the hurdle that must be overcome to make clients decide to buy, the more important are originality and exclusiveness. Proven, well-loved, timeless... This year the trend is toward lasting values. That iss why classic gemstones are...

Tags: | GemBiz | Behind The Design |

Selling Tips and Manufacturing 950 Palladium Bridal Jewelry - By Mark B. Mann

Retailers have been converting bridal inventories from white gold to palladium as manufacturers expand the selection of new palladium jewelry designs. In addition to stocking palladium pieces, they have been custom making bridal jewelry with new palladium alloys. There are several factors...

Tags: | Palladium Fabrication | Business & Marketing |

Brepohl on White Metals and Alloys - By Prof. Dr. Erhard Brepohl

In practice an experienced eye will usually be able to determine by color and luster whether a piece is made of silver, a base white metal such as nickel silver, or a precious white alloy such as white gold or platinum. If this can be determined by eye, it's usual to proceed directly to the...

Tags: | Metallurgy |

Waste Not Want Not - Recovering precious metal - By Bradney W. Simon

When it comes to recovering precious metal, nothing is worthless. However, if you walk into many repair shops you will find people behaving as if it were. Many people do not realize what a valuable asset their scrap is, and have been pleasantly surprise by the amount of additional revenues received...

Tags: | Refining |



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