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I have been looking for some color change gems to purchase from online sellers and I was hoping I can get some advice on what to look for when I purchase one. I also have a color change gem that I am interested in purchasing and I wondering if any of the jewelry gurus here can comment on it. I'm a little worried that it might be a little dark. Is it okay to PM the link? I heard a lot of people avoid doing that so others won't buy the gem before the poster get a chance to. Also, I have an idea for a custom wedding band design that I was wondering if anyone here would be interested in working with me to create it.
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Shbobdb posted:Does the Crucible in the Bay Area have a goon discount? Looks like a sweet spot and my wife and I would love to learn to make some jewelry there. Or, you know, other places in the Bay area. I thought the Crucible was expensive for the Bay Area. I was looking at Silvera Jewelry School instead. Does anyone have any comments about these two jewelry schools?
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Oct 14, 2014 06:12
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goodness posted:Cool thread! I have been working on getting into gemstone collecting. Really love anything tourmaline; tanzanite and fluorite are close runner ups. This piece is amazing! I love the eye imagery of the pendant. Is there a name for that? Where can I find more pieces like this?
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I've been thinking about starting to facet or cut rough stones as a hobby soon. I am in the Bay Area and I was thinking about going to the Mineral & Gem Society of Castro Valley workshop or the San Francisco Gem & Mineral Society to see if this is something I can do long term before buying the equipment. Does anyone have any recommendations about what else I should do if I wanted to start out as an amateur lapidary?
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Feb 10, 2017 03:14
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Claes Oldenburger posted:Best thing you can do is take a class to see if you like it, either faceting or cabbing whichever seems to be most interesting to you. Once that's out of the way you'll have an idea of the process, and then can buy tools based on your budget and what you want to accomplish. After 7 months of doing it so far, there's no turning back I'm having trouble finding an actual class-but the societies I found have open workshop hours. Is there anywhere I should check for classes? Maybe some key terms would help my Google searching. My work involves so much polishing that I figured I might as well use it to create something beautiful~  Xun posted:I'm not sure what the gem society has for sale or includes with their classes, but if they want you to bring your own quartz rough is a really good starting material! Synthetic is even better because it's cheaper and can come in quite bright colors. It is a lot harder to find though, at least for me. I personally don't like faceting glass, although my only attempt has been with some uranium glass and having it fall apart on me before I even got done cutting it with a gem saw. That's an awesome tip! It's good to know that quartz can be a good starter stone.
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Feb 10, 2017 20:17
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it's really, really satisfying taking rough to a finished stone and even more so when you see it in jewellery.
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Claes Oldenburger posted:I think I just searched faceting classes? I forget how I found them, sorry! That's OK. It actually helped! I'll look into getting that book! I have polished metals, ceramics, and ceramic/metal composites. I figured since I had so much experience with polishing and I liked gems so much, I should try to combine them by looking into faceting.
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Feb 11, 2017 22:03
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JohnnyRnR posted:Wanted to share something special (and not for sale) that you don't get to see every day. I can't see anything.
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Good god! That's super cool! 
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