meteorite jewelry

[stonecutter1]

I have'nt posted in a while. Back to creating some more meteorite jewelry. My latest is a pair of earrings in 14 kt gold. I carved the donuts out of Gibeon iron and the bezel set gems are Admire pallasite peridot courtesy of Steve Arnold the man who found them.

 

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[hvacker]

Nice. Is there a problem with rust? I know some slabs are treated in different ways like spray lacquer.
I also have heard of paste wax reapplied.
Arnold seems to be gifted for finding these hard to find sky rocks.

 

[Rific]

I consider myself to be a man of taste, and those are really very nice!

 

[stonecutter1]

Not really any issues with rust. I do treat the meteorite after I finish them with a good soak in methanol or denatured alcohol then a coating of oil or trans.fluid for 24hrs then wipe clean. The gibeon is fairly rust resistant anyway, but they do require a little xtra tlc for wear and care.

 

[stonecutter1]

The Admire strewnfield is only about 90 miles from where I live in KC, but the Admire pallasite is one of only 4 or 5 pallasite world wide that they have been able to harvest gem quality (extra-terrestrial) peridot crystals from.

 

[Keepright]

That's nice I'm looking to make a ring


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[Keepright]

I make stuff out of scrap jewelry

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[Keepright]

I found a peace of florite in good shape.

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[Keepright]

Like to make a ring out of that.

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[stonecutter1]

I'd like to see some of your work. Working with meteorite has its challenges, feel free to PM me with any questions you might have.

 

[hvacker]

Most meteorites are stainless steel with a nickel % of more than a basic man made stainless of 8%.
I remember one guy that sold slabs had rust problems so I got to wondering if he had a meteorite
or a hunk of iron. Could be that he had a lower % of nickel.
Some meteorite finds are rusty and I've heard said that there would be more found except they have
rusted away. I see by the %, chromium is fairly rare to only a trace %. A nickel chromium with a high %
of both would make an almost indestructible meteorite.