[Jewelry making - Article 00990] - Re: [Orchid] Expensive socket for a cheap gem

[Noel Yovovich]

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>     I would like to know if it's worth to buy an expensive ($600)
>     handmade socket for a cheap stone ($50). (pink topaz in heart
>     shape) 

    If you paid $50 for a pink topaz, you were taken for a ride. Topaz
    doesn't come in pink-- it is a coating, like on sunglasses, worth
    pretty much nothing. I wouldn't set it at all, as the color will
    wear off over time, let alone in a $600 setting. 

    The good news is, once you've learned that lesson, you should not
    have to learn it again (the voice of sad experience!) 

Noel
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