Is it safe to set picture jasper in a prong setting? I’ve been making bolo ties and I want to make one using a picture jasper cabochon. I’ve made one with turquoise and 14k prongs. I think turquoise is 4 to 5 on the Mohs scale and jasper is maybe 6 to 7. But I think the turquoise was stabilized.
Jasper is mostly quartz, so harder and much tougher than turquoise.
That said, if the piece is round or oval I think prongs all round, or even a dogtooth bezel, looks really nice on a bolo slide.
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Elliot. Thanks for the advice and thanks especially for such a rapid response. I am having a lot of fun with my bolo ties!
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I don’t know what a dogtooth bezel is. Can you elaborate? Or better yet, do you have a photograph? Thank you in advance.
Look at the following link from Rio Grande. Also search on castellated bezel as an option to a regular straight bezel…Rob
https://www.riogrande.com/product/.999-fine-silver-serrated-strip-dead-soft/101002GP/?code=101052