Materials

Copper jewelry, green skin and health benefits

August 16, 2011 Jewelry buzz

Copper is a beautiful natural material that is also affordable. I personally love it and think it looks great just by itself or combined with turquoises. Unfortunately some of my galleries would not touch copper jewelry with a 10 feet pole. Why? mostly because their customers complain it makes their skin turn green. On another [...]

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Bisbee turquoises. Where they come from and why they are rare.

August 4, 2011 Materials

Are you like me and love turquoises? I am very partial to local turquoises from Arizona that I buy directly from the mines (like in Bisbee, Kingman or Globe) and do not care at all for the cheap turquoises that come from China. In fact, as I am writing this post, I read the news [...]

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What is dichroic glass

July 6, 2011 Materials

Dichroic glass is a glass that has been coated with metal oxides. The process of coating is highly technical…. The glass is placed in an airless vacuum chamber where quartz crystals and metal oxides are vaporized with an electron beam gun. If this process looks like coming out a sci-fi movie, this is because it [...]

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