I've been making a lot of cabs but I don't make jewelry so I decided to make refrigerator magnets.  All it takes is a cab, a drop of CA glue, and a neodymium magnet.

I use a few passes on a 270 grit diamond flat lap to remove the epoxy then go from there if I plan to polish the back side.

I've been collecting and cutting material for many years, mostly agate, jasper, and pyrite from Washington and Oregon. I recently started making cabochons and turning them into refrigerator magnets. It's sort of addictive, I cranked out about 50 cabs in the last month.

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A few years ago my wife and I trekked to Everest Base Camp and across Cho La Pass. I collected a few rocks as a reminder of our trekking efforts.
They were all collected at approximately 16,000 feet (5,000m).
My hope is that I can shape them or polish them and give them as a gift for my wife's birthday.  Could be the beginning of a great hobby!

Any assistance in identifying these specimens would be greatly appreciated, along with any feedback on how they could be worked/improved.
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Thank you!

Hello,
A few years ago my wife and I trekked to Everest Base Camp and across Cho La Pass.
I collected a few rocks as a reminder of our trekking efforts.
These were all collected at approximately 16,000 feet (5,000m).
Could you please kindly assist in identifying these specimens? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
I'm hoping that I can shape them or polish them and give them as a gift for my wife's birthday.
Thank you!

What you want to do is a stained glass technique on jewelry.  I would not solder anything directly onto a shark tooth.  You run the risk of discoloring and fracturing.  Natural pearls are a definite no. You will totally ruin it.    Fake pearls are also a no.  Plastic will melt.  Glass you might be able to get away with, but it could also fracture.  I'm assuming the copper foil you are using is the type with adhesive on it.  It will need to be burnished extremely well for it to hold up.  The glue dries out over time and with the weight of what you put it on hanging from it, it would pull off eventually I would think. 

I think a better approach would be to learn how to wire wrap to set your found materials for jewelry.  There are a ton of how-to videos on YouTube.

Hope that helped.

I just started basic jewelry making and have a little bit of silver and gold solder. I wanted to solder jump rings onto the fossilized teeth using Cooper tape - is this possible? Can I do the same with pearls??

How can I find out what items cannot be soldered onto ? 

I’ve got sea glass and some shells that I’ve burnished with the Cooper tape. (Pic)

Please good people can you identify the kind of gemstone on my ring? I’m curious.. thanks in anticipation

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