Costume Jewelry Collecting

Recent Answers

2012-02-11 Jewelry, Gems, & Minerals - stone's in ring:

Peggy, thanks for the photo. The photo is clear and shows the ring well.    You still need to look with a magnifier if possible to see if the stones are cemented in place. I have seen stones set like this

2012-02-10 Jewelry, Gems, & Minerals - stone's in ring:

Dear Peggy,    I have no way to identify the stones without an examination. However, with the mounting considered, I suspect the stones are some type of man-made costume gems.  The stamping HGE means "heavy

2012-02-10 Jewelry, Gems, & Minerals - Created Emeralds:

Hi Benjamn,    I'm sorry, I do not know of anyone off the top of my head for shipping overseas.  I, myself, am not setup for it, but I could check to see if one of my suppliers of Chatham stones would

2012-02-09 Jewelry, Gems, & Minerals - Created Emeralds:

Chatham Created Emeralds are wonderful gems.  They are actually emeralds, with all the same physical and chemical properties as the emeralds that are found in the ground. Chatham has been growing crystals

2012-02-07 Jewelry, Gems, & Minerals - Platinum Family Alloys:

Jeremy,     The direct answer to your question is “no”.  Colored platinum alloys including pink variations are not on the market and if any are being experimentally worked in a proprietary way the market