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Title: Ring.
General: 18K Gold Ring, set with Diamonds. This ring was made for a lady
with severe arthritis. The ring hinges open, and has a catch
between two of the Diamonds.
Material: 18K Gold.
Gem: Diamond.
Method: Constructed.
Finish: Polished.
Mechanics: Bezel set. The Hinge is a three leaf type, the catch is a over
the hump click type.
Designer: W.van Heeckeren.
Craftsman: W.van Heeckeren.
Price: AUS $ 12500.00.
18K GOLD is a ternary Gold alloy consisting of:
750 parts/1000 Pure Gold.
125 parts/1000 Pure Silver.
125 parts/1000 Pure Copper.
Annealing temperature: 750 degrees Celsius.
Melting Temperature: 950 degrees Celsius.
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Bezel Setting is done by making a sheet metal surround (the
bezel) for the stone. Once the jewelry has been finished
the stone is then set. In setting the stone, the stone is
placed in the bezel, and the bezel is shrunk in around the
stone, by pushing it in little by little evenly around the
circumference, until the metal seals tight against the
stone. As a finishing touch a flat graver is used to bright
cut the edge of the bezel at right angles to the plane of
the bezel.
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name: DIAMOND
colour: Colorless, yellow, brown, sometimes green, blue, reddish, black
colour of streak: None possible
mohs hardness: 10
specific gravity: 3.47 - 3.55
cleavage: Perfect
fracture: Conchoidal to splintery.
crystal system: Isometeric ( cubic ); mainly octahedrons, also
rhombic dodecahedrons, cubes, twins, plates.
chemical composition: C, crystalised carbon.
transparency: Transparent.
refractive index: 2.417 - 2.419
double refraction: None, often anomalous.
dispersion: 0.044
pleochroism: None.
absorption spectrum: Colorless to yellow: 4780, 4650, 4510, 4350, 4015,
4230, 4155, 3900 Blue-green: ( 5370 ), 5040, ( 4980 )
fluorescence: Variable; Colorless and yellow: mostly blue. Brown
and green: often green.