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TaoGem offers inexpensive gemstone cabochon supplies for special jewelry design. Interesting Unique and unusual loose cut gemstones. Beveled and polished gemstone supplies for the artistic designer who truly is searching for something special that will support his or her own creative perspective. Standard run of the mill cabochons are readily available on the internet. Our Gemstones offer many art, crafts, and gemstone jewelry design possibilities. Custom lapidary orders are available upon request for most gemstone material.

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Special attention given towards cabochon designing for the purpose of bezel type settings. Most all cabs have nice beveling.

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Silversmith Forging Hammers Used For Embossing, Raising, Planishing, and Texturing

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

A Glance at Jewelry – Scale Silversmithing Methods by William Fretz Designs 
I would like to acknowledge the Lapidary Journal / Jewelry Artist magazine. Permission to do this blog entry was kindly provided by William Fretz. The original article was from the November 2007 issue.Forging is a controlled method of moving metal by stretching or [...]

Sanora Sunrise Chrysocolla Gemstone Cabochons – Sharing The Cabbing Experience

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

I do enjoy working with the mineral Chrysocolla.
This particular Sanora Sunrise was new to me. Because of having much success lately with different Chrysocolla’s, I knew that I wanted to give this a whirl. My only first concern was because the seller had so much of it for sale, that there may be a chance [...]

Bezel Setting Gemstone Cabochons Post Firing With Silver Metal Clay

Friday, September 5th, 2008

Here are several types of settings for gemstone cabochons that will be set after firing the metal clay.
Fine silver bezel wire. Wrap a strip of fine silver bezel wire around the base of a cabochon. Test fit and adjust the bezel over your cabochon on a flat surface. There shouldn’t be any gaps but the [...]

Bezel Setting And Beveled Gemstone Information For Custom Jewelry Designers

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

When I first decided to try to sell on the internet there was one thing that still stands out from all the suggestions that were offered through a number of online internet sales forums. It was strongly suggested to specialize and revolve the business around a specific niche.
For myself it became readily obvious just how [...]

Chatoyant Feather Malachite Gemstone Cabochons For Custom Bezel Type Jewelry Designing

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Some time ago I received my first piece of Chatoyant Feather Malachite. I had seen pictures of finished cabochons of it before and was very excited to finally get to cab some.
Initially I was very disappointed because for the life of me, I could not get a polished finish.
With this chatoyant type Malachite, you have [...]

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