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This bezel is huge for a huge stone. It was very time consuming to make just the bezel. It’s 20G sterling so it does not move very easily and the heat to solder the piece together was WOW! Hot!

When you are working with metal of this size make sure everything is annealed often. If I tried to solder this bezel to the back plate and did not anneal it first (heating it and cooling it so it’s soft) it would move as I heated it to solder it and it can’t move. It had to be just right. You  can’t manipulate it very much after it’s soldered together so make sure it’s perfect before you make it permanent. Annealing helps things not change shape during soldering.

Chain is handmade as well. It’s a beauty. I have to take some more pics of the stone. It’s a desert drusy I purchased from Gary Wilson at the Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee.