Category: Jewelry Term

Dispersion in gemology is the separation of white light into its component colors as it passes through a gemstone....

Double refraction, also called birefringence, is an optical phenomenon in which light entering certain gemstones splits into two rays...

Electroforming is a jewelry-manufacturing process in which metal is deposited onto a prepared form or model through an electrochemical...

Investment casting is a jewelry-manufacturing method used to reproduce detailed metal designs from a wax or similar expendable pattern....