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White gold is an alloy of gold and at least one white metal, usually nickel, manganese or palladium. Like yellow gold, the purity of white gold is described in karats. White gold’s properties vary depending on the metals and proportions used.
Consequently, white gold alloys may be used for many different purposes; while a nickel alloy is hard durable and therefore good for custom luxury diamond wedding rings, pins and Ear Piercing Jewellery, gold-palladium alloys are soft, pliable and good for white gold gemstone settings, sometimes with other metals like copper, silver, and platinum for weight and ruggedness, although this often requires specialized goldsmiths. description white gold is utilized very loosely in the industry to explain karat gold alloys possessing whitish hue. Harry Chadent says, it is a common misconception that the color of the rhodium plating, which is seen on many commercial pieces, is really the color of white gold. The term “white” covers a considerable spectrum of hues that borders or overlaps pale yellow, tinted brown, in addition to very pale rose. The jewelry industry often conceals these off-white colors by rhodium plating.
A common white gold formulation consists of 90% gold and 10% nickel. Copper can be added to increase malleability.
The alloys used in jewelry industry are gold–palladium–silver and gold–nickel–copper–zinc. Palladium and nickel work as primary bleaching agents for gold; zinc acts as a secondary bleaching agent to attenuate the color of copper.
The nickel utilized in some white gold alloys may cause an reaction when worn over long periods (also notably on some wrist-watch casings). This reaction, typically a minor skin irratation, occurs in about one in eight people of this, don’t use nickel inside their white gold formulations.
Colored golds can be separated to 3 groups.
Alloys with silver and copper in a number of proportions, producing white, yellow, green and red golds; typically malleable alloys.
Intermetallic compounds, producing blue and purple golds, along with other colors. These are typically brittle but can be used as gems and inlays.
Pure 100% gold is 24 karat, so all colored golds are lower than this, with the common being 18K, 14K, and 9K.
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Oak Island and the Holy Grail, the Ark of the Covenant and possible ties to the Knights Templar.
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Could it be that the pit may have been dug by exiled Knights Templar; that it is possibly the last resting place of the Holy Grail or even the Holy Ark of the Covenant? There also may be a Templar tomb on the island. There is a legend that “seven must die before the legend is uncovered”
Oak Island is a 140-acre island in Lunenburg County on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is one of about 360 small islands in Mahoney Bay and rises to a maximum of 36 feet above sea level. Oak Island is well known as the location of the so-called “Money Pit” and the site of over 200 years of exploration and treasure hunting.
There are numerous 19thCentury accounts of the mysteries of Oak Island. Physical evidence from the first excavations are absent or have long been lost. An explanation of the origins of the pit on Oak Island are as discussed below: In 1795, 18 year old Daniel McGinnis, observed lights coming from the island and discovered a circular depression within a clearing located on the southeastern end of the island. Next to the depression was a tree with a tackle block hanging from one of its branches. McGinnis, with the help of his friends John Smith and Anthony Vaughan, excavated the depression and discovered a layer of flagstone just a few feet below. On the pit walls there were clearly visible markings from a pick. When the two dug down they found layers of logs at about every 10 feet. They abandoned the excavation at 30 feet.
This initial discovery and excavation was initially briefly mentioned in print in the Transcript in October 1856. A more complete account followed, again in the Liverpool Transcript by a Justice of the Peace in Chester, Nova Scotia. About eight years after the 1795 dig, another company examined what was to become referred to as the “Money Pit”. The Onslow Company sailed 300 nautical miles from central Nova Scotia near Oak Island with the goal and purpose recovering what they viewed as secret treasure. They continued the excavation all the way down to approximately 90 feet and found layers of logs or “marks” approximately every ten feet and layers of coconut fiber, charcoal and putty at 40, 50 and 60 feet. According to perhaps one of the earliest written accounts, at 80 and 90 feet, they recovered a large stone bearing an inscription of symbols. Several researchers apparently attempted to decipher
the symbols. One translated them as saying: “forty feet below, two million pounds of sterling lie buried.” The symbols currently associated with the “forty feet down…” translation and seen in several books first appeared in True Tales of Buried Treasure, which was written by explorer and historian Edward Rowe Snow in 1951. In his book, he states he was given this set of symbols by Reverend A.T. Kempton of Cambridge Massachusetts. Nothing more is known about Kempton’s involvement in the Oak Island tale. The pit subsequently flooded up to the 33 foot level. Bailing did not reduce the water level, and the excavation was abandoned.
Investors formed The Truro Company in 1849, which re- excavated the shaft back down to the 86 feet level, where it flooded again. They then drilled into the ground below the bottom of the shaft. As stated by the nineteenth century account, the drill or “pod auger” passed through a platform at 98 feet a 12- inch head space, 22 inches of which was considered as “metal in pieces”, 8 inches of oak, another 22 inches of metal, 4 inches of another spruce layer, and finally into clay for 7 feet without striking anything else.
Please catch us next week for additional information as we delve into the mystery of Oak Island.
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Wouldn’t one of these make a great Christmas Gift for the member of the clergy that has done so much for you? The best thing about it is that our clergy rings are all on sale and can be delivered before Christmas if you order soon!
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I know that many of you are thinking that you are going to go out into the Malls on Black Friday and this weekend and try to land you a great deal on a Masonic, Knights of Columbus, Eastern Star, Elks or Military ring. Guess what; you are most likely wasting your time. The selection of fraternal rings in the jewelry store is extremely limited. Fox Jewelry has the largest selection of Masonic rings and other fraternal rings anywhere to be found. The best news is that if you order your ring in the near future, your ring can still be delivered before Christmas.
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Obtaining the 33rd Degree is one of the biggest accomplishment in Freemasonry. Being recognized for this accomplishment is a great honor. Fox Jewelry has the largest and best selection of 33rd degree Masonic Rings found anywhere. They are on sale now till the end of the year.
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This article was written by Michael Fox, owner of Fox Jewelry, a business dedicated to the sale of Masonic Rings, Masonic accessories and other fraternal jewelry.
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While I typically limit my blog posts to articles that deal with Freemasonry and other articles of interest to our fellow Masons, I sometimes like to deviate from that topic and offer to my readers other articles that may be of interest to them.
It is for this reason that I would like to depart from my usual articles and provide some information on the potential value of diamonds in the future.
The value of diamonds as an investment is of important interest to the general public and investors, due to the fact that they are expensive gemstones that are often purchased in engagement rings and bands. The challenge of correctly appraising the value of a single gem quality diamond complicates the appraisal process. The end of the De Beer’s monopoly and new diamonds discoveries during the last half of the 20th century have reduced the resale value of diamonds.
Polished diamond prices vary widely depending upon a diamond’s carat, color, quality and cut. This is oftentimes referred to as the 4 C’s. In contrast to the pricing involved in precious metals, there isn’t any universal world price per gram for diamonds. The industry refers to the price guides such as Rapaport, and the Troy Diamond Report in assisting to assess the value of diamonds. These guides are published weekly, monthly or quarterly. Gemstone specialty organizations such as the GIA, HRD, and IGI, have varying standards which can be used to aid in diamond identification and pricing. These organizations focus on research and education, which they pass on to their members and the public.
Rough diamond prices have historically been affected by the mining companies that controlled the supply of diamonds, most notably by the De Beers Company. However, since the dismantling of the DeBeers cartel in 2001, the industry is now more fragmented. This has resulted in a higher percentage of diamond sales taking place in the form of auctions along with other methods of open-market sales.
Although it was originally not possible to produce diamonds artificially, techniques to achieve this have been around since the early 1950’s and have become routine in recent times. Modern techniques can produce diamonds of essentially any desired chemistry or size and can actually be made more perfect that naturally occurring stones. This is often times a telltale sign that a stone is a synthetic rather than a natural stone.
Synthetics are genuinely diamonds, although not naturally occurring. Although some manufacturers do label their synthetic diamonds with serial numbers, there is no promise that a given diamond is not really man made, although sometimes an unnatural composition can suggest a diamond that is actually synthetic.
It is undoubtedly less expensive to create diamonds through artificial synthesis than it is to mine them although the expense of synthesis is still very significant. The inability to guarantee that a diamond is naturally occurring could undermine the premium price still being charged by natural diamonds over synthetic stones. New technological advances have allowed some independent gem labs such as the Gemological Institute of America to issue a specific Synthetic Diamond Grading Report which identifies a diamond as laboratory grown.
One thing that makes diamond investing particularly attractive is their high value per unit of weight, which makes them easy to store and transport. A high-quality diamond weighing as little as 2 or 3 grams could be worth as much as 100 kilos of gold. This extremely condensed value and portability is very attractive when using diamonds as a form of emergency funding. People and populations displaced by war or naturally occurring disasters have used this portable asset successfully in moving their assets.
Diamonds are so hard to find that many of the traditional players have pretty much given up trying. Many have packed up their maps and drills and have given up trying. According to De Beers, who are the top supplier of diamonds, more than $7 billion dollars have been invested in diamond mining with only meager finds in the last few years.
The absence of new projects is putting pressure on an industry where supplies of accessible diamonds near the surface are almost depleted and the cost of going deeper into the earth is rising.
Diamonds are formed hundreds of kilometers beneath the crust of the earth in the molten rock of the earth’s mantle. Violent explosions within the earth’s mantle have forced the precious gems to move toward the surface, where they come to rest in carrot-shaped pipes known as kimberlites. Finding a kimberlite is no guarantee of finding diamonds. In the last 140 years, more than 6,000 pipes that have been tested. Only 60 have been worthwhile mining. A mere seven kimberlites have been super deposits. To make matters things more difficult, diamonds are hidden in some of the world’s least-hospitable places. With most of South Africa and Botswana almost fully explored, the last probable frontiers for exploration are the frozen Arctic of northern Russia and Canada or the jungles of the Congo.
In the last five years, rough-diamond prices have climbed 75 percent.
Intact kimberlites aren’t the only source of supply. About 10 percent to 15 percent of the world’s diamonds are from alluvial mining, where the stones are found in riverbeds or shorelines.
While alluvial gems are easier to mine, geologists often can’t tell how many stones there are. This makes it much more difficult to determine whether the reserves will last long enough to justify and evaluate an investment.
While below-ground supplies are diminishing, there are other sources. It is estimated that approximately $1 billion dollars per year are spent on recycled gems. There is also the prospect of synthetic, or man-made, diamonds becoming more widely used in jewelry. While they are easily made and can only be distinguished from natural stones using specialized machines, synthetics still have a stigma attached to them given the weight of marketing and promotion behind mined diamonds.
Most of the world’s super mines have been discovered. In all probability a big find is probably not going to happen.
The industry also has lost some of the financial resources needed to pursue expensive deposits. While De Beers continues to explore across southern Africa and India, many of the smaller producers have curtailed or canceled their efforts to find new sources of supply.
What all this has to say about the future value of the diamonds mined, the ones that are currently available in the market and the ones now held by you is up for you to decide.
In my opinion, natural stones are only going to become rarer and more valuable. Determining which stones are natural and which ones are synthetics is going to become more difficult. It is up to you to decide whether to, how to and when to purchase them for investment.
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