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A hand on a quartz-veined ochre rock, wearing the No. 518 Fault Line nugget ring in 14K yellow gold

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The Lode nugget collection

The Lode nugget collection: rings in polished 14K gold or sterling silver, crossed by one run of nugget relief the way a vein crosses stone, many of them organic nugget rings. Lode gold is still in the rock, in veins, along faults, where it shows at the surface.

Fault Line No. 518 in solid 14K gold, still life on rock
Fault Line No. 518 in solid 14K gold, a hand on an ochre rock face crossed by a white quartz vein
Slim No. 024 in sterling silver, still life on rock
Fault Line No. 518 in solid 14K gold, worn on the hand
Outcrop No. 521 in solid 14K gold, still life on rock
Slim No. 024 in sterling silver, worn on the hand
Ridge No. 008 in sterling silver, still life on rock
Fault Line No. 518 in sterling silver, worn, close-up on the hand
Crest No. 021 in solid 14K gold, still life on rock
Slim No. 024 in solid 14K gold, worn, close-up on the hand
Off-Center No. 063 in sterling silver, still life on rock
Fault Line No. 518 in solid 14K gold, worn on another hand
Drift No. 102 in solid 14K gold, still life on rock
Slim No. 024 in sterling silver, worn on another hand
Knuckle No. 104 in sterling silver, still life on rock
Fault Line No. 518 and Slim No. 024 in solid 14K gold, together on ochre rock
Ledge No. 509 in solid 14K gold, still life on rock
Fault Line No. 518 in sterling silver, worn on the hand
Offset No. 513 in sterling silver, still life on rock
Slim No. 024 in solid 14K gold, worn on the hand
Spill No. 514 in solid 14K gold, still life on rock
Fault Line No. 518 in solid 14K gold, worn, close-up on the hand
Seam No. 519 in sterling silver, still life on rock
Slim No. 024 in sterling silver, worn, close-up on the hand
Rail No. 532 in solid 14K gold, still life on rock
Fault Line No. 518 in sterling silver, worn on another hand
Slim No. 024 in solid 14K gold, still life on rock
Slim No. 024 in solid 14K gold, worn on another hand

The rings

Lode gold stays in the rock, so most of these rings are polished gold with the relief in one place: a diagonal strip on Fault Line, a single patch on Outcrop, a crest on Crest. California’s Mother Lode is a belt of quartz veins about 120 miles long, its gold set in milky white quartz.

Worn

No. 518 Fault Line nugget ring, worn, close-up on the hand, 14K yellow gold

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No. 024 Slim nugget ring, worn, another hand, sterling silver

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No. 024 Slim nugget ring, worn on the hand, 14K yellow gold

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In sterling silver

Every ring of The Lode is also made in sterling silver, in your size.

Signature pieces

No. 024 Slim nugget ring, turning slowly under a low light, 14K yellow gold, 3D render
No. 518 Fault Line nugget ring, turning slowly under a low light, 14K yellow gold, 3D render
A hand on ochre rock wearing No. 518 Fault Line and No. 024 Slim, 14K yellow gold

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How to wear them

Fault Line and Slim on two fingers side by side: one diagonal strip of nugget relief across polished gold, and a narrow band made for every day.

No. 521 Outcrop nugget ring in 14K yellow gold, on an ochre rock face crossed by a white quartz vein

All the models

13 rings in The Lode, in solid 14K gold or sterling silver. Filter all the rings

The Lode: common questions

Why is it called The Lode?

Lode gold is still in the rock, in veins, along faults, where it shows at the surface. Its 13 rings: one run of relief through polished gold.

How heavy are the rings of The Lode?

In solid 14K gold at US 10, the lightest, No. 024 Slim, weighs from 8.1 g and the heaviest, No. 021 Crest, from 29.7 g, estimated from the 3D file we cast from. 3 of the 13 are marked Everyday on their page.

How much is a ring from The Lode?

$345 to $440 in sterling silver and $2,005 to $5,435 in solid 14K gold: one fixed price per design and metal, the same at every size.

What sets the price: melt value, weight and the work

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