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No. 434 · The Claim
from 29.5 g in 14K at US 10
$480 in vermeil
Image rendered from the 3D file we cast from.
No. 503 · The River
One large nugget dome.
The River
A boulder is any rock fragment over 256 mm. Here it is one broad dome of large nugget plates and deep fissures, on smooth polished shoulders.
In a placer, the gravel runs from fine sand to rocks too heavy to lift; on the geologists’ scale, a boulder starts at 256 mm. The USGS explains that gold, being very dense, settles where the water slows down: on the inside of bends, in the pools below rapids and just downstream of large boulders. Boulder is one full round dome of large nugget plates and deep fissures, like the rock the gold stops behind.
Your order details identify the selected metal. The weight is estimated from the 3D file we cast from. A cast ring comes out 2 to 3% lighter than its file, and the range shown already includes this. Your price is fixed when you pay and is never adjusted to the weight; your certificate records the actual weight. The interior is measured on the 3D design; finished samples still need workshop verification.
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Placer gold is gold the river has already freed from the rock and dropped in its gravel. These are bands textured all the way round, like gold-bearing gravel lining a riverbed.
More from The RiverMy uncle runs a jewelry workshop and makes engagement rings for brides. I develop the designs; each one is a 3D file, measured for its weight in every metal and size. His workshop casts the ring in your size after you order, and the certificate gives the metal and the cast weight.
Our story14K keeps the warm yellow of our pictures, and its price follows the gold price. Vermeil is the same ring in sterling silver covered with 18K gold, and sterling silver is the same ring again. Sterling silver and vermeil have a fixed price per design.
Compare the metalsCast in your size after you order, by my uncle’s workshop.
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