Nugget Band 10 mm
No. 443 · The River
from 18.8 g in 14K at US 10
$440 in vermeil
Image rendered from the 3D file we cast from.
No. 532 · The Lode
Nugget relief between two polished rails.
The Lode
In a lode mine, the ore comes up on rails.
In a lode mine, ore leaves on rails, in cars pushed along or hauled up to daylight. The mining dictionary even has a word for the top of an incline where the cars are hauled up: the knuckle. Rail takes its plan from the track: a wide, square-edged band with a broad polished rail on one edge and a thin rail on the other, and between them a channel of nugget relief all the way round, like the load between the rails.
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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Lode gold is still in the rock, in veins, along faults, where it shows at the surface. These rings are mostly polished gold with one run of nugget relief through them, the way a vein crosses stone.
More from The LodeMy 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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