Hey guys! My name is Dominique, I'm a jeweler and 3D designer and on my channel I make videos on EVERYTHING jewelry! From how its designed, jewelry tutorials and how to make educated purchases!
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What about a ruby getting fauceted with a 10 diamond cutter? Will you please do a video on rubies and polish lines depending on the polish tool being used compared to curved striae lines please.
Purple sapphire is alot more beautiful than amethyst but also more durable. How about purple spinel? They tend to have more subdued color and not as bright as the purple sapphire variety. However I think a vivid purple diamond is the most beautiful purple gem.
Those big purple spinel cushions were amazing. I have a few purple sapphires. I think I like my spinels a bit more, but it was really neat seeing them both.
I never understood the idea of borrowing or doing installment on engagement ring. My fiance had his credit line / loan increased for an engagement ring. It was a heated debate because I kept saying let's work on the current budget and not get a loan. In the end, he gave me a budget to work on. Fiance: Remember, the price of the engagement ring should hurt me. That's my investment to you. Me: Then why is it that I am the one that's being hurt with how expensive it is? P.S. I just chuck it up to cultural thing?
Im happy she's reusing old stock but please don't forget to bring attention to the genocide taking place in Congo. I don't know what labour goes into get malachite but for other minerals it involves child labour and slavery and lots of death. As gemologists and mineralogists it would be nice if you could spread information about the suffering of where you get your stock from and help end the exploitation. Follow pages like FocusCongo and PappyOrion and PatriciaOrtiz to learn more. I know you can #StandonbusinessoforCongo
This may be a little off topic, but I was wondering about actual gold "tarnishing." (I have some gold pieces that are marked 14K that I have had for decades from my grandmother, and quite frankly are decades older than me.) I have noticed that in the back of a brooch there are some dark spots. I have noticed that some gold earrings (marked 14K) (again, decades older than me, and I am in my mid forties) have a bit of green in a corner. Otherwise, they are in good and wearable condition with these flaws only noticed by me. What could be going on here?
I'm not sure, gold doesn't oxidize, my best bet is maybe it's a bit dirty, have you tried giving it a scrub with dish soap and a toothbrush? Also for gold, for pieces we wear often I do recommend giving them to a jeweler every 10 years for a deep clean and a repolish, it will make them new again!
@@DominiqueFlux Thank you for your response. Another complication is that the jewelry I have mentioned all have pearls. Wouldn't that affect how it should be cleaned?
14K gold is a mix of approximately 58% pure gold with 42% other metals such as nickel, copper, silver, and zinc. So the other metals oxide to form dark spots and green spots.
Spinels get heat treated to remove the milky appearance in them and improve clarity. I never had success in altering colour of spinel by heat treating them though.
Thank you so very much. Informative and enjoyable. Would love to see a video about Topaz, Imperial topaz, london blue and any other color and variety of Topaz. Thanks.
@chanappadhotre8039 yes it's generally pretty easy to detect bug about 95% of sapphires on the market are. So by a default you can assume they are. I did a full break down on my chanel on heat treatment if u wanna learn more
