http://www.jewelry.net/ is also a good resource.

There are tons of websites with video how-to's. Depending on if you want to wrap stones with sterling wire (easy), cast with metal clay (harder) or cast in fine metals (expensive), the resources of how to and where to buy supplies (I recommend the internet), the resources are there. Try http://jewel...

I am lookig for a source for the fire opals that are mined in Mexico. Unlike the creamy color of an Australian opal, these are a brilliant red with deep color, often set attached to some of the matrix that surrounds the gem.