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- Ganoksin Server Migration Complete! (September 2008)
- The Ganoksin Project – A Project in Transition (September 2008)
- Now Available! The Jeweler's Bench Book by Charles Lewton-Brain (March 2008)
- Orchid 2008 Raffle Winners are Announced (February 2008)
- Ganoksin Orchid Raffle 2008 is Announced (December 2007)
- Charles Lewton Brain's speech at the 11th Orchid Dinner (February 2007)
- Orchid Extended 2007 Raffle Winners are Announced (February 2007)
- Five Jewelry Industry Leaders Come Together To Create Clasp (March 2006)
- Orchid Studio Outfit Raffle 2006 Winner Announced (February 2006)
- Charles Lewton Brain's speech at the 10th Orchid Dinner (February 2006)
- The First Book in the New "Orchid in Print" Series is Now Available (January 2006)
- MAGC Reinforces Alliance with the Ganoksin Project (April 2005)
- The 9th Orchid Dinner is a Success (March 2005)
- Orchids to Orchid - Hanuman's speech at the 9th Orchid Dinner. Tucson. (February 2005)
- Ganoksin Announces Partnership with GZ Magazine (January 2005)
- "Orchid in Print" Book Series Announced (November 2004)
- Ganoksin Video Library Announced (October 2004)
- Ganoksin preserves SNAG early technical papers (September 2004)
- New feature Announced - The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List (June 2004)
- Ganoksin Content Expansion Announced (March 2004)
- Colored Stone Magazine Announces Partnership with Ganoksin (March 2004)
- Metalsmith Magazine Announces Partnership with Ganoksin (March 2004)
- Announcing the winner of the J-2R Casting Machine Raffle (February 2004)
- Orchids to Orchid - Hanuman's speech at the 8th Orchid Dinner. Tucson. (February 2004)
- Glass on Metal Magazine Announces Partnership with Ganoksin (August 2003)
- MJSA & Ganoksin Partner in Information-Sharing Program (July 2003)
- Ganoksin Fights Spam using Artificial Intelligence. (May 2003)
- SNAG Reinforces Alliance with Orchid - | SNAG's Press Release | Ganoksin's Press Release | (March 2003)
- A Little Help from My (CAD/CAM) [Orchid] Friends (June 2003)
- Seeds of Knowledge (December 2002)
Feldspars: Moonstones and Labradorite - By Sondra Francis
The feldspars are a group of related minerals which, as a group are the most abundant minerals in the earth's crust. However, only a tiny percentage of the feldspars fall in the "gem quality" range. The members of the feldspar group have similar chemisty, but some have different crystal structures....
Tags: | Handbook for the Gem Buyer | Gemstones Information |
Heavy Metal, Tips For Working With Testing Labs - By Tina Wojtkielo
Before you submit any jewelry item to a lab to test for heavy metals, you´re going to need to do a little homework. Current state and federal laws regulating lead and cadmium levels in jewelry have mounted hurdles that jewelry makers must clear -- and some of those laws pertain to both...
Tags: | Jewelry Mass Production | Metallurgy |
Manufacturing a Sterling Silver with Platinum Bracelet - By Mark B. Mann
To demonstrate how pulse-arc welding performs on sterling silver, this bracelet was cast, finished and assembled without the use of a torch. The six links immediately adjacent to the clasp on the bracelet are made with a common sterling silver alloy and the other five are made using the new sterling...
Tags: | Platinum Fabrication | Fusing & Welding |
Matter into Metaphor - Transformation in Asian and Western Metals - By Celia Rabinovitch
The origins of metallurgy are shrouded in mystery, contributing to the mythology that dev eloped around the metalsmith's art. With some variations this tradition existed in ancient China , Africa , and Europe but stemmed from roots so archaic as to arise from a basic principle....
Tags: | Features |
Bulk finishing of gold jewellery - I Wet tumbling: basic principles - By Manfrid Dreher
The correct use of modern, semi- automated finishing processes enables the manufacturer not only to reduce production costs, but also to improve the quality of finish on jewellery produced in series. This is the first of several articles, originally published in AURUM in 1982 on this important...
Tags: | Jewelry Mass Production | Tumbling |
The feldspars are a group of related minerals which, as a group are the most abundant minerals in the earth's crust. However, only a tiny percentage of the feldspars fall in the "gem quality" range. The members of the feldspar group have similar chemisty, but some have different crystal structures....
Tags: | Handbook for the Gem Buyer | Gemstones Information |
Heavy Metal, Tips For Working With Testing Labs - By Tina Wojtkielo
Before you submit any jewelry item to a lab to test for heavy metals, you´re going to need to do a little homework. Current state and federal laws regulating lead and cadmium levels in jewelry have mounted hurdles that jewelry makers must clear -- and some of those laws pertain to both...
Tags: | Jewelry Mass Production | Metallurgy |
Manufacturing a Sterling Silver with Platinum Bracelet - By Mark B. Mann
To demonstrate how pulse-arc welding performs on sterling silver, this bracelet was cast, finished and assembled without the use of a torch. The six links immediately adjacent to the clasp on the bracelet are made with a common sterling silver alloy and the other five are made using the new sterling...
Tags: | Platinum Fabrication | Fusing & Welding |
Matter into Metaphor - Transformation in Asian and Western Metals - By Celia Rabinovitch
The origins of metallurgy are shrouded in mystery, contributing to the mythology that dev eloped around the metalsmith's art. With some variations this tradition existed in ancient China , Africa , and Europe but stemmed from roots so archaic as to arise from a basic principle....
Tags: | Features |
Bulk finishing of gold jewellery - I Wet tumbling: basic principles - By Manfrid Dreher
The correct use of modern, semi- automated finishing processes enables the manufacturer not only to reduce production costs, but also to improve the quality of finish on jewellery produced in series. This is the first of several articles, originally published in AURUM in 1982 on this important...
Tags: | Jewelry Mass Production | Tumbling |
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