Jewelry Material Innovations, Inc. (JMI) is a company that provides jewelry artists with innovative and unusual materials for enhancing the beauty and appeal of jewelry.  Specifically, JMI develops ways to use metals, minerals, and natural and created gemstones as accents and enhancements to jewelry settings.  The predecessor company to JMI was Gold Nugget Innovations, which developed and introduced Accent Gold for Silver^TM, or AGS, in 2003 (Ref. 1). Because of its steadily expanding product line, the company name was changed to Jewelry Material Innovations, Inc. in 2005 and the business was incorporated in the state of New Mexico.

Products that have been added to JMI’s line since the introduction of Accent Gold for Silver^TM include Accent Silver™, Accent Purple Gold^TM (Ref. 2), Accent Blue Gold^TM, Accent Natural Gold^TM, and Mineral Accents consisting of colored cubic zirconia (CZ), corundum, specular hematite and rainbow hematite, apatite, and SiChrome^TM.  Research and development continue at JMI’s Albuquerque, New Mexico location to develop ways to use both new and existing materials for adding enhancements to jewelry settings.  JMI welcomes questions and suggestions from individuals interested in exploring how to use minerals and metals in innovative ways to enhance the beauty and appeal of jewelry.

1) Diegle, Ronald and Callahan, Andi, “Painting with Pure Gold,” Lapidary Journal, July
    2004, p. 50.

2) Sanderson, Hattie, “Empress Ring,” Art Jewelry Magazine, September 2005, p. 38.