Let's Get Metal: What is Rhodium?

• Posted on 22 February 2022
• By Jeff
• Posted in Lets Get Metal, rhodium, rhodium-plated
• 0

If you look through our shop you'll find our jewelry is made with many different metals. Silver and gold are the most common. But, isn't bronze for sculptures and home decor? What is rose gold? What is rhodium? Jewelry made of brass? Stainless steel? Surgical steel? In this part of our Let's Get Metal series, we look at rhodium.

Ammonite

• Posted on 20 November 2021
• By Jeff
• Posted in ammonite, cephalopod, mollusk, nautilus, octopus
• 0

Imagine a creature as tall as a human, with tentacles, armor and a voracious appetite. You might feel a little safer knowing this creature is extinct. We're talking about ammonites.

What is Agate?

• Posted on 31 October 2021
• By Jeff
• Posted in agate, basalt, chalcedony, lava, moganite, quartz, vesicle, volcanic, volcano
• 0

How the banding in agate forms is a bit of a mystery. Here's a high-level of what we know so far.

Amber vs. Copal vs. Plastic

• Posted on 2 October 2019
• By Jeff
• Posted in amber, copal, identification, plastic
• 2

7 ways to tell Amber from Copal from Plastic