Extraordinary minds and talents were drawn from such richly diverse backgrounds and brought together in the melting pots of Providence, where base metals and glass were being transmogrified into wearable works of art.
BASE METAL
Base metal refers to non-precious metals. Base metals include copper, zinc, tin, and lead.
BASE. "Foundation price of a one-grain pearl from which to reckon prices of pearls of other weights.
Base Metal
Non-precious metals used as a core for plating and gold-filled items. Brass and nickel are common base metals in jewelry.
Beveled
An angled part or surface, usually an angle other than a right angle.
Base Metals
Base metals are found in great abundance throughout the earth's crust. Base metals include: aluminum, copper, lead, mercury, nickle, tin, and zinc.
Light Metals ...
Base metal: Any non-precious metal.
Beryl: A lightly colored mineral which when transparent and dark green is called emerald, and when blue in color, aquamarine.
Cabochon: A domed gemstone. Highly polished curved surface without faceting.
Base Metal: The collective term for any and all non-precious metals.
Basket: A fancy setting with a lacy or basket-looking appearance due to numerous holes pierced in the side.
Base metal - Any non-precious metal
Basket - A fancy setting with numerous side piercings to provide a lacy or basket-look appearance
Bead - A stone cut in the shape of a small sphere
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Base
The portion of a facetted gemstone below the Girdle. Also known as the Pavilion.
Baton
The English name for the Baguette cut.
Base metal, pot metal, white metal
Any combination of alloys of non-precious metals.
Belle Epoque ...
Base or basal pinacoid: This has 2 faces in it and is denoted by Miller indices as (0001) and (000-1).
First order prism
Second order prism ...
Base Metal - a collective term used to refer to all nonprecious metals.
Base Metals
Base Metals are non-precious metals.
Basket Setting
Basket Setting is a type of setting that has holes in the sides similar to a basket weave.
Base Metal - Any combination of alloys of non-precious metals.
Belle Epoque - Another name for the Edwardian period.
Base Metal: The collective term for any and all non-precious metals often used in jewelry making and coated with another metal e.g. silver plating, gold plating etc.
Base Metal
A collective term for all non-precious metals or alloys with a low intrinsic value.
Base Metal - Base metal is a mixture of non precious metals. Typically a metal from the group; copper, aluminum, nickel, tin, zinc and lead. It is frequently used as a base for gold-filled, gold plated or rolled gold plate coverings.
Base metal
Main metal used on products
Beads
A 3 dimension shaped objects (metal, stone, pearl, wood, bone ect.), can be round or elongated must be drilled from one end to the other, that it can be fit on a string.
Base metal: A non-precious metal.
Bezel: Rim of metal that surrounds and secures a stone.
Box chain: A chain with wide, square links that form boxes.
BASE METAL Any non-precious metal other than the "Noble Metals": which are Gold, Silver, and the Platinum group metals.
Base Metal: Any non precious metal.
Basket Setting: A fancy setting of various shapes with numerous side piercings that provide a basket work or lacy appearance.
Base of the neck (*for smaller neck sizes)
20" -
to collarbone (*most common length for average men) ...
Base plate on which all the other parts of a watch movement is mounted.
MAINSPRING
The driving spring of a watch or clock, contained in the barrel.
Base metal wire which retains a coiled shape.
Millifiori
In Italian it means "thousand flowers". It is the proper name for "mosaic" beads. The pattern goes back to the Byzantine era.
Base color of the pearl.
Color treatment
Pearls come in natural colors ranging from white or beige to pinks, grays, black and blues. Pearls can also be dyed a specific color, or a dye process may be used to enhance or change the pearls natural color.
Base Metal: Non-precious metals such as steel, zinc, lead, tin and copper. Used as the core for plating.
Basket Setting: A lacy looking setting that has holes in the side and is similar to the basket weave.
Base metal is a common and inexpensive metal, like Copper, Nickel, Brass and Zinc as opposed to precious metals mainly Gold and Silver.
basket setting ...
Base Metal - Any non-porous metal.
Plated -The process of covering one metal with another metal using electricity.
Solid - Entirely of one metal or containing the minimum alloy necessary to impart hardness.
A base price table for an ideal Standard Brilliant cut diamond of this color and clarity indicates a (hypothetical) price of $5,000/carat.
A base and an acid, e.g. NH3 + HCl â†' NH4Cl.
A metal and an acid, e.g. Mg + H2SO4 â†' MgSO4 + H2.
A base and an acid anhydride, e.g. 2 NaOH + Cl2O â†' 2 NaClO + H2O ...
A base with a continuous ridge, top and bottom, is from the first half of the 1860s. Numbers may help you date a piece, and so will fashions.
A base metal upon which a thin plating of gold has been deposited by electrolysis
Hardness
The resistance a gemstone has to scratches and abrasions ...
The base cost to repair or replace a piece of jewelry.
Reversible Eternity Ring ...
Has a base-metal core, often nickel, with gold over-lay that is heat -and-pressure bonded to it. I prefer to use 14kt gf. It causes fewer allergic reactions and is cost-effective.
hand-knotted ...
Small base metal finding, resembling a key ring.
Sterling Silver
Silver that is at least 92.5 percent pure with 7.5 parts of another metal, usually copper, to make the piece harder.
At its base is a malaise of rocks and pinnacles,
including The Old Man of Storr which rises alone,
casting an element of mystery to the general scene.
right - A general panorama of the rock-strewn surface
and pinnacles at The Storr.
Matrix Base material, surrounding material
Mesosiderite A class of meteorite; partly stone, partly nickel iron in a melded mixture
Meteor A meteoroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere ...
At the base of the feet (first chakra): smoky quartz or hematite
Pelvic area (second chakra): red jasper or carnelian
Navel area (third chakra): tiger's eye ...
See specific base stones: chrysocolla, malachite, etc.
Drusy Jewelry and Cabochons
Designer jewelry made with drusy and a selection of freeform cabochons and rough available for my jewelry designs.
Gold-Plate - Base metal which has been electro-chemically bonded with at least 0.0025 mm of gold.
Gold Washed - Extremely thin layerered gold, (less than .175 microns thick), applied by either dipping or burnishing the metal, but not plated.
Pavilion (or base): That portion of a polished diamond below the girdle.
Pear-shape cut: A variation of the brilliant cut, having a pear-shaped girdle outline.
gold filled - Base metal or silver that has a layer of high karat gold bonded by heat and pressure, not electroplated, over its surface.
Foot - the base of a piece of ware, the area upon which it rests.
*Frosted - Also known as a satin finish, this refers to a textured, matte surface applied to crystal, glass or flatware to create contrast to the brightness of the overall body.
Base metal covered with a very thin layer of gold. Usually done by electroplating, where the piece is immersed in electrolyte solution containing gold particles, and then electric current is sent through the solution.
The mounting or base in which crystals, rhinestones, or other jewelry components are set.
Shank ...
Price "Per Grain Base." Some of the lower grades of pearls in small sizes are sold by the grain straight, that is, the price per grain is merely multiplied by the weight in grains to get the value, ...
Gold-Plated: Base metal which has been bonded with at least 0.0025 mm of gold. Not as durable as alloyed gold or gold-fill.
An item made of a base metal such as brass or copper, to which a sheet of gold is bonded by pressure or other means. To qualify as gold filled, an article of jewelry must have a layer of gold at least 1/20th, or 5% of the weight of the entire article.
Pavilion: The base portion of a gemstone or diamond.
Peridot: A gem variety of olivine that is yellowish-green. Slightly soft, its facets often appear worn away in older jewellery. Pronounced 'pear-uh-doh.' Has been found in meteorites.
Rolled Gold: A base metal alloy bonded to a "veneer" of precious metal.
Rope: A style of chain in which the links are intertwined to resemble a length of rope.
top of the gemstone is a dome (en cabochon) and the pavilion is faceted Bulla Two concave plates that form a hollow receptacle, a form used in ancient jewelry Cabochon Stone with a smooth carved surface, domed and unfaceted with a flat base ...
chrysoberyl twin Form of contact twinning, in which six Chrysoberyl crystals join at the base, forming a six-pointed formation, as depicted in the figure below. cinder cone A pyroclastic cone composed primarily of cinders.
A metal product where a layer of gold has been bonded over the top of a base metal like brass. The layer of gold in gold fill is much thicker than that of gold plate.
Vermeil must have a sterling silver base and a plating of at least 100 millionths of an inch of karat gold. Only items meeting this definition can be labeled "vermeil."
Look for the manufacturer?s trademark or hallmark on silver items.
It is an enameling technique wherein the design is made by lines cut into the metal base, filled with powdered enamel, and then fired to fuse the enamels.
The few single crystals found from washing the original pocket mud and a few new small ones from the two new pockets have all been that same beautiful bicolor blue top, red base.
Base MetalsNon-precious metals such as copper, zinc, nickel, etc. CastingThe method of duplicating an object by pouring metal into a hollow mold formed by the original object.
While standard labradorite has a light green-gray base and moderate play of color (called labradorescence or schiller), spectrolite has a dark or black base and reflects an entire spectrum of colors.
Though it is called Black Opal it is a deceptive name derived from the dark depths of the gem’s base that enhances the brilliance of a kaleidoscope of color.
From the Latin alligare, which means, 'to bind, unite or mix ' Pure gold and pure silver are often mixed with one or more metals, usually base (non-precious) metals such as copper, silver and zinc.
 See also: Stone, Jewel, Color, Jewelry, Rough
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