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Hello. On behalf of Expert Village, my name is Joe. I own "The Vug" local jewelry store
in Salt Lake City, Utah. I was going to kind of show what a semi-mount is. A semi-mount
is, basically, when you go to a jeweler and maybe you have your own stone, or maybe you
are a jeweler or feel that you can maybe set a stone on your own. Basically, there's companies,
wholesale companies and retail companies, that sell stones or they sell rings and mountings,
without the stones. This is a pendant setting, shows it here from side view and front view,
without the stones. You can buy these very affordable and with a little bit of practice
on stone setting, you can set your own stone and save a lot of money. Basically, here's
ring settings, these all come without the stones. Basically, you're just paying for
the metal. You're not paying for the stones, you're not paying for the labor. This is a
great alternative, especially for kind of do-it-selfers, your hobbyist, that don't want
to go through the painstaking wax work of carving this cluster ring, with what, twenty-four
little diamonds on here. This is a great way of getting yourself a really nice piece of
jewelry, without going through all the labor. From pendants, to rings, to earrings, to bracelets,
most every jeweler has these books. They also have finex books that you can get parts like
crowns, pieces of chain, earring backs, whatever you like. But this is a great alternative
to making the piece yourself.