[Jewelry making - Article 00914] - Re: [Orchid] Good sapphires set in silver

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Todd,

>     If you are setting a stone in silver you do not want to set a
>     transparent or translucent stone in a solid back- that's all I'm
>     saying- to avoid the problem of silver oxidation darkening or
>     changing the appearance of a stone. 

    I've stayed out of this until now but have a couple of comments on
    what you said. 

    First, it is simple to use Argentium, platinum or several of the
    anti-tarnish silvers out there. Second, the head of SOME pieces can
    be made with fine silver despite its softness (depends on how its
    designed and what the g-forces are expected). Second, at times the
    tarnishing aspect of a bezel setting is oversome by inserting a fine
    silver foil under the stone. Etc, etc. Nothing I have seen in this
    thread has provided any specific or uncontroversial reason why silver
    cannot be used for setting "fine" or "precious" stones (I consider
    ALL stones to be precious....some pigs are just a bit more equiller
    than other pigs as they say). Keep talking folks, maybe someone will
    give a really really good reason! 

>     And I have only ever seen the seating of a bezel set gemstone when
>     the seating was too wide, the bezel was too shallow, or the stone
>     was too thick at the edge. I cant imagine it to be very different
>     if pronged. Buff Tops and concave cuts aside, where might I be
>     wrong? 

    Sorry,...I don't understand what you mean. The things you mentioned
    seem to me to be designer or maker perrogatives that can be changed
    at will. 

Cheers from Don in SOFL.
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