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Mineral Accents are materials offered by Jewelry Material Innovations, Inc. (JMI) in a variety of colors for adding accents, or enhancements, to jewelry settings. They are prepared from large pieces of colored cubic zirconia (CZ), corundum, and other minerals by a proprietary process that yields particles suitable for inlaying into jewelry settings. The particles exhibit high reflectivity and sparkle because of the many facets created by the fracturing process. They are available in a wide range of beautiful colors that span the visible spectrum. JMI recommends that they be inlaid into recessed regions of jewelry (similar to the champleve’ process for enameling) so that the sides of the recessed regions provide protection against abrasion. A number of methods exist for attaching Mineral Accents to jewelry settings, as described in JMI’s information sheet, “Instructions for Attaching Mineral Accents to Silver Clay Settings.”

Depending on their color, Mineral Accents respond differently to the high temperatures required to fire silver clay. Many retain their original color when fired to 1650F for 30 minutes. Some Accents change color when fired to 1500F or 1650F. The color stability of Mineral Accents is described in the table entitled “Color Stability of JMI’s Mineral Accents and Gold,” also available from JMI. JMI’s “Instructions for Attaching Mineral Accents to Silver Clay Settings” provides guidelines for attaching Mineral Accents while retaining their original colors.

You can use the lustrous sparkle of Mineral Accents in colors of your choosing to create strikingly beautiful effects in both silver and gold jewelry. For example, they can add a customized drusy look to your jewelry. They are more affordable than color-coated drusy specimens, do not require forming your jewelry around pre-shaped cabochons, and are available in a wider range of colors. Also consider using complementary colors in a setting, such as Purple Gold and Specular Hematite. Mineral Accents will challenge your artistic imagination and provide you with a distinctive new medium with which to set your jewelry apart from the norm.

Mineral Accents can also be applied to sterling silver settings. If a method of attachment is selected that involves heating the setting above about 840F (450C), undesirable fire scale may form that will require subsequent removal by pickling or polishing. Depletion gild the sterling setting before using any method that requires a high temperature, which will eliminate the need to remove fire scale afterward.


Tri-Gold Pendant (Yellow, purple, & blue gold)	Green Spiral Mineral Accent	Multi-color Mineral Accents

Empress Ring w/Purple Gold (Art Jewelry Magazine, Sept. 2005)		Tri-Color Mineral Accent