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This thread is a treasure chest. Nora--a beautiful classic setting. Purlgurl all of your creations are fantastic and I love, love, love those ring designs. Great rings Olga. That kasumi is hypnotic. Catlin--What can I say but lucky, lucky you! You have these priceless and beautiful pearls with...

Lovely color combination. How do you like the Argentium silver?

Thanks Catlin for this fascinating information. I have always loved the shape. My Father was an engineer but had the eye of an artist. I believe that he spent most of his time during the war in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) although he could well have been in other areas of the South Pacific as...

What about my passion for pearls? Beyond the fact that I was born a rockhound (made the parents stop to look at gravel on the way home from the hospital--or so I am told) it started with iridescence. When my Father was in WW 2, he was on a Pacific island. He had a pocket knife, and in his...

I also discovered that Sharpies can be used to "etch" copper--just draw a design on copper, suspend in the etching solution, and afterwards wash in acetone to remove the sharpie marks--there it is in that the design stands out in relief. When taking a "cold connections" class I did not really...

This thread is certainly more intriguing than most mystery stories on the market-this story has so many possibilities. I am looking forward to the next installment. Blaire--do you have the written text for your presentation (with any illustrations, etc.)?

Thanks Blaire. I really struggled with this one. I thought it was going to be so easy--it was far more difficult that I thought. The color layout turned out to be very tricky and had to be "edited" many times. There is still room for improvement--if I purchased additional stones, which I am...

Opals can be both fascinating and a bit frustrating. I think that is true with ammolite as well. Do you know if either definitive books or detailed coverage in chapters in general books on gems have been written on ammolites?

Here is "rough" strung variation of the pearl and sapphire necklace that started this thread. I decided to make this one a little longer and did not have enough spacers to finish the back so it will not be finished for a few days. This is the simpler version. I used some slightly larger...

Yes Pattye--I would be glad to give a reference and a brief definition. The brightness of fire scale was developed and is fully described (takes a chapter!) in his book, Opal Identification and Value (Paul B. Downing, 2003 for revised edition). The scale of brightness is just one of the...

Still playing with some of my "old" opals. I made a fun bug;)--thought it might be amusing to share. All of these opals have their problems. The best ones are probably the larger black ones that have bands of rolling blue and green fire(top), or rolling blue/purple fire across the stone...

Has anyone here ever used a "wire guardian"? http://www.firemountaingems.com/details.asp?PN=H207223FY I think that I have seen something similar in 14k gold, but I cannot find the site. I was certain that I bookmarked it, but I just cannot find it again. Beth

Breathtaking. I covet that necklace "of many colors", and showed it to my husband as a hint. Unfortunately, his birthday (and not mine) is coming up soon. Hummm--how do you think a guy in his 60s with a ponytail--who wears jeans as dress clothes--would look in that strand?

Hi Purlgurl--The cage ring looks amazing. Can you attach a larger photograph? Thanks for sharing

Thanks Inge!

Wow! that is amazing, Purlgurl! What an idea Pattye and Purgurl--stokes the imagination! Really cutting edge! Thanks for sharing! Beth

OH MY! I am speechless. Just fantastic. What a great opportunity for you to add to your world class collection.

thanks Jerin--I would love to here a report on how the necklace is to wear and how the stringing, components are " holding up" at some future time--a learning experience for me. Beth

Hi Pattye and Valeria: Yes, I do hope to share once the process is started. Thanks Beth

Hi all: I am excited that I have corresponded with a goldsmith who actually took classes from Abrasha during his earlier training and is rather fascinated with some of the ideas that have been discussed here. I will keep you posted. This may indeed be quite an adventure--I am cursed with...