18 Terms
Contributors in General jewelry
General jewelry
quartz
Jewelry; General jewelry
A very hard mineral composed of silica, found worldwide in many different types of rocks, including sandstone and granite. Types include amethyst, smokey quartz, tiger's eye quartz, rose quartz, ...
pave
Jewelry; General jewelry
A type of setting in which the stones are effectively "paved" into the piece of jewelry with a precious metal. Often small gemstones or pieces of jewelry with curve surfaces use this technique to set ...
scissors cut
Jewelry; General jewelry
A type of step cut that adds slightly more brilliance to the stone and is good for concealing internal flaws.
larimar
Jewelry; General jewelry
A type of semi-precious stone from the pectolite family ranging from pale to sky blue in color. The opaque stone often has white streaks running throughout and sometimes has tinges of red to brown. ...
bridge designed semi-mount
Jewelry; General jewelry
A type of semi-mount ring wherein the diamonds are set along the top of the rings shank. The feature stone, yet to be mounted, will then be placed atop the underlying diamonds as though it were a ...
geode
Jewelry; General jewelry
A type of rock, that when cracked open, reveals natural gemstone formations. Geodes can be found in all sizes and types all over the globe. The Crystal Cave in Put-in-Bay, Ohio, boasts the world's ...
