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If you entered through a specific blog post via search engine results, then after reading you can go directly to the blogs main page to read all recent blog entriesTaoGem 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.
Interesting, unique and unusual matched earring cabochon pairs.
Special attention given towards cabochon designing for the purpose of bezel type settings. Most all cabs have nice beveling.
Read the "Advantages for Gemstone Jewelry Designer who Develop Relationship with Lapidary Shop" blog post that tells about the importance and advantages when considering TaoGem as your lapidary shop.TaoGem's Lapidary / Gemstone Community Forum offers support for this site as well as a wide variety of discussions related to the gemstone arena. Our Gemstone Community offers something for everyone involved at every level and within any gemstone related niche, including Cutters, Wholesalers, Resellers, Designers and many others.
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Be Sure To Shop My Gemstone Cabochon Store !After uploading the videos, realized that the audio on most did not pick up my voice. So will type out as best I can a description of what is going on in each video. I can hear them much better using my headphones.
As always, what works best for me can be different for someone else. [...]
I have blogged before about “Advantages for Gemstone Jewelry Designer who Develop Relationship with Lapidary Shop”. Much of the same really does apply when considering a reputable gemstone jewelry designer/silversmith. Your extremely lucky to find not only a reputable and qualified designer, but a designer who’s unique ability to work with precious metals place them [...]
Just received this really pretty Ocean Wave Jasper. Have cut a lot of orb Ocean Jasper, but only ever had a couple of Ocean Wave Jasper.
One thing about buying the expensive Orb type Ocean Jasper is that it is hard to find at an affordable price without pitting or vugs. The Ocean Wave Jasper seems [...]
I just received this pictorial guide to over 150 types of agates and jasper.
“There are many excellent books currently on the market describing banded agates, but there are few with an emphasis on the other structural varieties. There are virtually no current books with images and descriptions of the wide array of fine jaspers presently [...]
Wanted to share a really neat tutorial on how to set a square gemstone cabochon by one of our forum members, Bob of Bobs Premium Cabs shared with us.
Bezel setting a stone with sharp corners is somewhat more difficult than an oval because if it isn’t done properly the excess metal puckers at the corners.
Bezel [...]
Members on my forum join in with bi monthly semiprecious gemstone cabochon contests. This time instead of picking a particular mineral this time we are doing any mineral type in freeform. Any way, as a result I ended up choosing Titainium Rutile in Quartz for my entry. Wanted to share my limited experience working with [...]
Needed something to blog about so thought would add an entry about today’s soldering project.
I wanted to try another like 1Rockhounds Biggs Jasper piece with the bezel tape on the outside of the backing. Except I tried another attempt at using flattened wire for the backing again instead of cut out sheet backing.
The order of [...]
At year end we had thought after a portfolio evaluation, things were not going to be so bad.
That has changed. Another recent evaluation shows that I am going to loose some where between 20 and 30% of monthly income.
What was once a casual and non stress business/hobby now has to be picked up a notch [...]
For most Lapidaries, cutting gemstone cabochons has most likely resulted in at least a few undercutting experiences. For the purpose of this blog entry, I wanted to post a bit about undercutting as related in dealing with combined soft and hard mineral compositions . Different from that of flat spots that result from sanding and [...]
Just to share …..
One of my recent pieces started out so well…… I was smiling through the entire process of shaping and soldering the three step bezels for this three piece necklace.
Then came the last two solders for the little bails on the top of the two hanging pieces. That is when disaster set [...]
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