DARMAR ENTERPRISES provides a wide range of lapidary services including gemstone repairs, re-polishing, re-cutting, faceting, and inlay. We work with all of the most popular materials such as colored gemstones both precious and semi-precious, onyx, turquoise, lapis, coral, opal, lab-grown and synthetic gemstones, and common rocks. All stone cutting, recutting, repair, faceting, inlay, slabbing, drilling, all our lapidary services are done right here in our own shop.

Repairing or replacing a damaged stone gives your existing jewelry a fresh, new look and can restore a favorite to your jewelry wardrobe. Redo, restyle or update an old piece of jewelry with a different centerpiece stone to make a new favorite piece. Or choose a centerpiece stone from our cut stones for inspiration for a brand new piece of jewelry.

To Order: Contact Us with a description and, if possible, a picture, of your stone needs. Based on your information, we can usually give you an assessment of the job and price estimate. Any price quote is made only after seeing the job in-hand.

Faceting and Custom Cutting

We can facet stones to your specification using your rough materials or ours. If you haven't a design in mind, we work with you to give you viable choices and will suggest designs that best use the material. Example: Top picture- Amethyst bicolor rough; White and purple bicolor crystal was found by our customer on a gem hunting vacation. He wanted the largest stone possible with both white and purple colors showing. He was not concerned about hiding the inclusions. Bottom picture: The finished stone: we determined that a trap cut would use most of the crystal and retain the strong color difference. The stone also has extra interest and personality because of the visible inclusions.

Repair

We can recut chipped and broken stones. A small chip or break can often be cut out so that the stone can be reset in the same piece of jewelry. Stones with large breaks can be salvaged by recutting, either to a smaller size of the original pattern or into a new shape. Each stone is individually evaluated to determine what can be done to repair it. If you are thinking about getting a stone recut, let us know what you have in mind and send as many details as possible. We can give you some guidance and advice on what can be done and on how and whether a repair will change the stone. Example: Top picture- One corner of the emerald was chipped during setting. The customer only wanted that corner repaired in order to retain as much carat weight as possible. Bottom picture: Repaired stone. No cutting was done to other facets to restore symmetry. This is a very acceptable practice when the stone is being returned to the same setting and dimensions must be retained. The setting for this emerald disguised the larger corner facet.

Repolishing

Stones with shallow scratches or facet edges rounded from wear, especially those scratched or worn only on the top, are greatly improved by polishing or cutting out the scratches. Sometimes this can be done on cabochon stones while the stone is still in the piece of jewelry.

Carving

Carving is another lapidary service we provide. This picture shows a ruby carved in relief to a customer's specifications. The customer supplied the ruby rough and a drawing for the name, and specified that the edges and carved surfaces be left rough. Additionally, two holes for stringing were drilled latitudinally through the width of the stone.  The customer provided an exact drawing, including size and style, of what was to be carved. She specified ruby rough with a rough or unfinished appearance. The word "Desire" and the border at the edge of the stone were carved in raised relief and polished. The lower carved background was finished with a hand tool to attain a roughly chiseled surface. This piece was also drilled so it can be used as a necklace or bracelet station. The two holes through the widest part of the stone are approximately parallel to the bottom of the carved word.

Reproductions

We can reproduce unusual and antique cuts which are difficult or impossible to find. This is useful when you need to replace a lost earring stone or vintage accent stone.

Inlays

Black onyx, opal, lapis, turquoise, coral, granite, and others - Modern, antique, ethnic, native American - All types and ages of jewelry have various kinds of stone inlayed using various methods. Inlay is a special type of gem setting which requires each piece to be cut and fit exactly into its seat. This sometimes requires carving to get a precise fit. We take great care inlaying replacement stones so they will look like new. Example: Top picture- One of the turquoise pieces inlayed into this silver ring has a hole. The customer wanted the piece replaced with a new one to match the color of the others in the piece. Bottom picture: The new piece of turquoise was chosen both for color and vein pattern. Also, the void behind the turquoise was filled to give the stone better support and help prevent the same type of damage.

What To Do

Send us an email or call and describe what you have in mind. Attach a picture, if possible. We will give you a preliminary assessment of your job, including estimated price, and discuss any questions you have. Although we must see the stone in hand in order to give you a price quote, we can usually give an approximate or minimum price based on our understanding of your description of the stone.

**Note to jewelers and other jewelry professionals: When contacting us for the first time be sure to include enough information about your company to allow us to verify your trade status.

Payment

We accept payment by check and money order and by credit card through PayPal under the verified account of service@darmarenterprises.com. To use this option go to: https://www.paypal.com or click the PayPal button below. When prompted for our account number enter service@darmarenterprises.com.

Contact Us

E-mail or call us with your request. If you want a particular stone or cut not shown on this site, e-mail, write or call. We have a lot of inventory not shown.

A chipped, abraded or broken stone can often be salvaged. Find out what we can do to redo/recut your gem.