How do you change a yellow gold ring to white gold or silver? That’s a question we hear in here quite a bit.
There’s really no easy answer to that. The only way to keep your ring and change from gold to “silver” color is to electroplate the metal. This involves using an ... [Continue Reading]
What’s the melting point of a Diamond? That’s a tricky question, because diamonds do different things at different temperatures. The first thing diamonds do in reaction to high heat is burn. In order to melt, diamond would have to have incredible amounts of pressure applied to it at the same time it is being heated.
As ... [Continue Reading]
Many people wonder whether tungsten carbide can scratch, and many people think it’s unbreakable. Though it is resistant to scratching, tungsten carbide does scratch, and it can break. It won’t bend, because it is such a hard metal, but it can crack or break.
I just spoke with a customer who works with his hands all ... [Continue Reading]
Many people come in asking about cash for gold. There are many internet and phone-order companies that say you can get fortunes for your jewelry. Even in San Luis Obispo county, there are jewelers that give cash for gold. But don’t be fooled. Some companies pay as little as 20% of what your gold is ... [Continue Reading]
Find out for yourself
We get this question quite frequently: “How much is my gold worth?” People want to know. So here it is, laid out for you to calculate yourself. Of course, if you’d rather us figure it out, come into our store, and we’ll do it for you.
Overview
Steps
An Example
Overview
First, here’s a quick overview ... [Continue Reading]
14-karat gold–what does it mean? Is it the same as 24-karat gold? Is it real gold? Goodness, could it have something to do with those carats in diamonds? Questions like these plagued my mind as I threw myself into the jewelry world I had discovered as a teenager. Now, it seems second-nature to me, but as ... [Continue Reading]
In one of the jewelry classes I took, I heard a story about a lady who tried a new method of cleaning her jewelry: Bleach. With confidence and anticipation, she soaked her ring overnight in a small dish with bleach dissolved into water. When she woke up the next morning, to her horror, the ring ... [Continue Reading]
Remember that ring sitting in your jewelry box that you haven’t worn in years? You know the one I’m talking about. It’s collecting dust alongside its pendant counterpart that’s SO last millennium. You want to get rid of it, but you don’t want to throw it away, and that voice inside tells you it would ... [Continue Reading]
