We prefer to work with precious and semi-precious gemstones, diamonds, and precious metals for all types of jewelry that we make, be it engagement rings, wedding rings, necklaces, pendants, earrings, bracelets, cufflinks, and pins. We work with hard gemstones and diamonds for engagement rings because they are tough enough to withstand many generations of wear and potential jewelry remodels. These “tough” stone preferences for engagement rings include diamond, sapphire, ruby, moissanite, alexandrite, and with a durable setting in some cases, emerald. We will occasionally work with softer stones for engagement rings such as opal, morganite, amethyst, and aquamarine, to name a few, however, these gemstone options require an extra level of care from the wearer. We work with precious metals for all of our jewelry since they can withstand generations of wear. These preferred fine jewelry metals include gold (yellow, rose, and white), palladium, and platinum. For all jewelry other than engagement rings, wedding rings, and everyday rings we will work in the same precious metals, however, the gemstones we will work with are more broad and include softer gemstones such as topaz, citrine, garnet, tourmaline, quartz, and more. We don’t work with certain metals or stones, not because we don’t love them or think they’re beautiful, but because we know they are vulnerable to damage. We don’t work with “tough” metals such as stainless steel and tungsten carbide since they cannot be cast with the same equipment as precious metals and because most tough metals cannot be changed, sized, or set with stones.