@StevesTrail
Nope! No ingredients listed, but a big Proposition 65 cancer warning from California.
The fumes are pungent, but I’m not purposely inhaling it or getting it on my skin.
It looks like they have a few other brands there, based on the website.
I only make jewelry a couple times a month anyway.
Ya know, Steve, I have never once purchased from Rio Grande, even when you could walk in there to order. Now they are mail order only.
I used to drop into Indian Jewelers Supply till they closed, now I go to Thunderbird’s retail location. I prefer to shop in person.
The active oxidizer is usually hydrochloric acid - hence the acrid smell. A quick google search for hydrochloric acid silver oxydizer will turn up a bunch of different oxidizers with similar formulas.
Liver of Sulfur works well too, but has to be applied hot, and boy does it stink to high heaven.
Always a good idea to neutralize in a baking soda bath after oxidizing, and rinse with clear water afterwards.
Correct @mmrogers . However, the H-Cl bond is strong and typically needs something to help break the bond. I x-rayed dried Hil-ox and found it contained tellurium. I might do some experimenting with tellurium dioxide and HCl this winter.
@Stracci: That necklace is just yummy…Love, love! Love waterweb.
Quick question, do most turquoise mines produce a waterweb pattern, and if not what is required to produce waterweb. Can’t remember what types of waterweb I’ve see, but I purchased some Morenci yeas ago, including a waterweb cab:
It’s lovely! And we love our Ithaca Peak, don’t we
Seriously though, your stone has the bigger chunks of the goldish pyrite that I see when I look Ithaca Peak online (my autocorrect keeps changing goldish to goldfish lol). And you must have quite the stash of stones!
@Ziacat. Thanks! I do love the Ithaca Peak, too bad it’s rather expensive!
The pyrite in this stone is silvery colored, maybe your monitor is making it look goldfish…I mean goldish !
I don’t have a big stash…I have about 8 decent assorted cabs right now.
I do have a bunch of questionable pieces of turquoise that I don’t want to waste good silver on, however.
When I enlarged your photo again, it looks more silvery. But it does seem like what I see online of Ithaca Peak has the bigger squarish chunks of pyrite like yours. Kingman pyrite seems grittier (not the best word, couldn’t come up with a better description). So maybe I could have guessed your stone correctly!
Very pretty and nice turquoise. Do you buy the silver already in a ball shape or do you have to make it? If you make it, how do you get it so round? Thnx
@Stracci Gorgeous pendant! Ithaca Peak is one of my favorite turquoises. Pricey, yes. Being the ring person that I am, I can also see this as a stunning ring. (I enjoyed seeing the magic of flat sterling turn into a tiny ball…)
Lovely pendant, that turquoise is a stunner, and the whole thing looks super elegant (I like how the ball chain picks up the little spheres in your design).
How cool. I think I would have fun melting sterling into little balls!! And perhaps making jewelry. I will have to check out my local tech park college and see if they have jewelry making shops.
Really pretty, Stracci. Bending that tubing without crimping it is an art in itself. Lovely pendant! Looks like you caught a bit of the nail polish on your thumbnail while polishing?
Thanks Mike! I tried real hard not to crimp it.
Yes, I always manage to ruin my nails while making jewelry.
Dremel tools and nail polish don’t play nice together!
Haha! I’m well familiar!!! Was thinking yesterday, it’s rare that I get to work on a project that I walk away from without a physical “souvenir” or two
