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What You Should Consider When Looking For Turquoise In Silver Jewelry:

Turquoise is a beautiful gem that is wonderful in silver turquoise jewelry. Scientifically it’s a blend of phosphates and aluminum with a small amount of copper oxide, which gives it its blue color, and manganese oxide, calcium, zinc and iron.

The green color comes from the iron or aluminum and yellow is from the zinc.

Green is the most common color for turquoise gemstones, and as a matter of fact blue gemstones very often change to green when exposed to sunlight for a long time… Continue reading Turquoise In Silver Jewelry...

A handsome and invaluable extra to any collection of stickpins is an opal gemstone.

Opals are superbly colorful, but if you do not know how to care for them you will not have a charming piece for long! There are many effects to recollect about opal stickpins.

Understanding Jewelry Appraisals.

Opal stickpins are made with some of those enchanting, iridescent kinds of opal which so rarely keep their prettiness unless knowledgeably well-looked-after. My Opal is teeming with a twirl of turquoise color and a rich blue with specks of marvelous vivid lime and gold in the interior… Continue reading Why I Really Like Opal Jewelry...

Shell Cameo Value Question: I have a cameo that my great aunt gave to me.

It belonged to her mother-in-law. It looks like a real shell-carved one.

It has a 10kt stamp on the back. It is a pin and also can be used with a chain.

I do not know much about cameos. Maybe you could tell me how to tell if it is valuable.

From what I understand my great aunt’s mother-in-law was well off.

Thank you!

Answer: G’day Mary and many thanks for your query

The first thing I would… Continue reading Shell Cameo Value...

Ivory Value in 2007 Question to ‘Ask The Appraiser:’ We have a carved ivory rose that is attached to a necklace of what I think are pearls. They might be Ivory also.

Gem and Ornamental Materials of Organic Origin

Price: $49.45

I have a photo of this necklace being worn in 1923.

Does vintage ivory have any value in the year 2007?… Continue reading Ivory Value in 2007?...

A superb and beneficial appendage to any collection of brooches is an opal gemstone.

Opal: Advanced Cutting & Setting (Jewelry Crafts)

Price: $14.99 USD

Opals are wonderfully colorful, but if you do not know how to care for them you will not have a handsome piece for long! There are many things to recall about opal brooches.

The stones in opal brooches are very colorful, with a distinctive sort of color combination if they are black opals or silvery opals. Either way, opals have a magnificent play of color that seems to be just below the exterior of the stone. The color comes from moistness caught inside the stone.… Continue reading Reasons To Adore Opal Brooches...

What’s My Old Pin Brooch Worth? I have a old pin(brooch). I don’t know exactly how old.

I was wondering if the thing was worth a significant amount of money.

Illustrated Guide to Jewelry Appraising, 3rd Edition: Antique, Period, and Modern

Price: $25.78 USD

For all I know it may not be worth $2.00. Then again it may be worth $200. And Lord knows if it was worth a whole lot, I would be estatic.

How can I have it looked at by someone who can tell me?

There’s no one locally around me and I have no way to commute a long distance to have it looked at.

Like I said, it may not be worth nothing, but since I am trying to relocate with my two kids and I desperately need money, I thought I would check into it since I’ve been wanting to know this anyway.

Any help you could offer would be appreciated.

Thank you. Melissa

You will find my answer below….

Question: I have a gold/red cross (pin on back of the badge) 2.5cm.

The Graphic Art of the Enamel Badge

Price: $1.12

Has a small animal (rat or mole), then the number 18 and then the letter W (in upper case).

Any ideas on this hallmark?

I live in New Zealand and purchased it off the internet with no history available. thanks… Continue reading Gold Cross Badge...