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This segment is going to be about pave settings. Pave is a term that is used as to how stones
are set. It is actually a French word meaning to pave and it does not necessarily relate
to blacktop but it does mean covering a surface. So in the jewelry industry when we pave something
we literally drill holes close enough depending upon the size of the diamond so we can pave
a particular piece of metal with stones and we hold that down with tiny little prongs
and in this case we fill up a piece of metal be it flat or be it round and in this case
this ring goes all the way around and has pave on this particular piece. That pave here
is set in platinum and both of these rings are set in platinum. Platinum is soft to work
but it also holds well because it peens itself down over time and actually tightens the stone
up. So pave is a very very common element of setting stones and when the stones are
the same size equal and of good quality it turns out to be a very very nice project.