Our finished jewelry sets are ready to offer to your customers for simple upsells. These fashion jewelry favorites come in many fun themes across full sets of earrings, bracelets, necklaces and rings. Choose from sterling silver finished jewelry sets, gold-plated necklaces and earrings and even trendy copper jewelry designs!
Find the right tool for any jewelry making project. Rio Grande offers the best selection of jewelry bench tools and equipment available, backed by our world-class technical support. Reach for Rio Grande whether you need beading tools, a new jewelry work bench, or any other jewelry tools and supplies. We even offer jewelry making equipment for casting and other advanced techniques. We carry trusted jewelry bench tool brands like Swanstrom, Beadalon, Foredom Flex Shaft, Bonny Doon, Fretz Hammers and more. Find the best-quality jewelry making tools and supplies at the best prices.
Bead stringers know: you can never have too many beads! Whether you need colorful Swarovski beads, briolette beads or glass beads, or your design calls for a classic pearl or a natural stone bead, Rio Grande is your bead stringing source! Don¹t forget about gold beads and sterling silver beads and other metal beads; they¹re all here, too.
Bold creations meet bold jewelry displays at Rio Grande, where you¹ll find specialty displays to complement your designs and help increase sales. Rio Grande offers a variety of jewelry card displays from revolving to stationary, as well as striking organic fabric displays including silk, suede, velvet, faux leather and hemp.
Versatile and inspiring silver precious metal clay has been available from Rio Grande for more than a decade‹and today the passion for metal clay continues to evolve with colorful BRONZclay and COPPRclay. Make Rio your first source for innovative metal clay tools, products, and ideas‹such as fire-in-place Embeddables findings‹and any other metal clay supplies you need.
At Rio Grande, you¹ll find the media you need to create unique, colorful pieces and expand your jewelry-making repertoire. Stock up on supplies for enameling, the art that welcomes the newcomer, yet challenges the expert. Add a splash of color with Colores, the fashionable epoxy resin that brightens up your work.

The term "conflict diamonds" refers to the diamond rough used to fund violent criminal insurgencies in several African countries. The Kimberley Accord is a compact that regulates the sale and transfer of diamond rough to prevent the human destruction that conflict diamonds cause. Rio Grande has long asked our suppliers to provide documentation proving the safe origin of the diamonds we buy. You can be assured every diamond you buy from Rio Grande is certified “conflict-free” by both our strict standards and the Kimberley Accord.

Containing more germanium than traditional alloys, Argentium is highly tarnish-resistant. Jewelry-makers and customers appreciate the value and convenience of beautifully sparkling jewelry that requires almost no polishing.
Argentium® sheet can be ordered in sizes up to 6" x 36"; at least one dimension must be 6". Due to the cutting capabilities of the shear, minimum purchase is 6" x 1/4".
Comparing Silver Hardnesses
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Vickers Hardness (dph) |
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Common Term |
Fine |
Sterling |
Argentium |
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Soft (annealed) |
54 |
66-76 |
50-70 |
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1/4-hard |
62-71 |
78-88 |
90-105 |
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1/2-hard |
77-89 |
90-100 |
106-120 |
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3/4-hard |
84-94 |
102-114 |
121-135 |
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Hard |
89-103 |
116-130 |
136-148 |
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Spring |
103-108 |
132-148 |
150-160 |
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Age-hardened |
- |
100-120 |
100-120 |
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Use this handy guide to quickly, easily and accurately convert gauge sizes into inches or millimeters—or vice versa. |
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Gauge |
Inches |
Millimeters |
| 0 |
.325 |
8.26 |
| 2 |
.257 |
6.54 |
| 4 |
.204 |
5.19 |
| 6 |
.162 |
4.12 |
| 8 |
.128 |
3.26 |
| 10 |
.102 |
2.59 |
| 12 |
.081 |
2.05 |
| 13 |
.072 |
1.83 |
| 14 |
.064 |
1.63 |
| 15 |
.057 |
1.45 |
| 16 |
.051 |
1.29 |
| 18 |
.040 |
1.02 |
| 19 |
.036 |
.912 |
| 20 |
.032 |
.812 |
| 21 |
.028 |
.723 |
| 22 |
.025 |
.644 |
| 23 |
.023 |
.573 |
| 24 |
.020 |
.511 |
| 25 |
.018 |
.455 |
| 26 |
.016 |
.405 |
| 27 |
.014 |
.360 |
| 28 |
.013 |
.321 |
| 29 |
.011 |
.286 |
| 30 |
.010 |
.255 |
| 32 |
.0080 |
.2019 |
| 34 |
.0063 |
.1600 |
Recommended Metal Thickness
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These recommendation are based on gold materials; we recommend increasing thickness 20%–25% for sterling silver materials to achieve comparable strength characteristics. |
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For |
Use |
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Rings and wedding bands |
.051"/1.29mm (women’s) |
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Bezel material |
.008"–.013"/.2019–.3210mm |
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Ear wires |
.025"–.032"/.644–.812mm |
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Bracelets |
.040"–.064"/1.02–1.63mm |
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Repoussé |
.020"–.025"/.511–.644mm |
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Jump rings |
.025"–.050"/.644–1.02mm |
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