Inventors:
Chad Anderson - Orem UT, US
International Classification:
B22F 7/08
Abstract:
The present invention comprises a series of steps wherein a powdered material such as powdered diamond is used to form durable and attractive wear-resistant jewelry. A wear-resistant metal jewelry blank is scored or otherwise processed to create one or more grooves, voids, or openings. The voids in the jewelry blank are subsequently filled with a powdered substance. Then, the jewelry blank is heated under pressure at a temperature above the melting point of the powdered substance, but below the melting point of the metal jewelry blank, thereby forming a series of interstitial matrices. The resulting jewelry blank, with the embedded compact material, is then shaped through processes such as cutting, grinding, or the like, to the desired dimensions and polished to create one or more pieces of wear-resistant jewelry.