Stone Settings
Premade settings & materials to create custom settings for stones.
Our gemstone setting supplies include everything you need, from sterling silver settings for loose stones to fine silver bezel wire and more. Choose our premade gemstone settings for calibrated stones or create your own custom settings with our bulk gemstone setting supplies.
Our tube settings have carefully-made seats to make it easy to set your calibrated stones. They're available in sterling silver, gold-filled and 14kt gold. Tube settings are unfinished, so you'll need to solder yours to a ring shank or other foundation before setting any stones. We recommend plating gold-filled after soldering and before stone setting.
Prong settings have small tines that extend upward from a base. The prongs can be bent downward to hold a stone in place. The SEC series is specially made for cabochons, with low-walled sides that show off as much of the stone as possible. The SEF series has notches to hold the stone's girdle in place and deep baskets for maximum light refraction.
Our stone set ring making kit offers a great option for beginners learning how to set stones for the first time.
If you want to create your own custom settings for stones, we can help you with that! We sell fine silver bezel in addition to sterling silver gallery wire for creating your own bezel settings. For a basic custom setting, you'll need a piece of metal for the back plate that's slightly larger than your stone, plus, bezeling wire and a soldering set-up.
Bezel strip wire and gallery wire are available in different widths that you choose based on how much you want it to extend over the top of your stone. You'll need to decide if you want a plain or decorative look.
Shop our most popular categories to start your next stone setting project.
Metals
Find materials needed to create custom stone settings including sheet metal, gallery wire and bezel strip.
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Findings
This section includes bails, tube settings, prong settings, bezel cups and more to create beautiful stone settings.
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Earrings
Halstead has hundreds of high-quality earring finds to use in your stone jewelry designs.
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Rings
Shop our selection of finger rings. This includes bands, shanks, fancy rings and ready to set styles.
Shop NowBezel strip wire and gallery wire is sold by the inch. Basic styles are also sold by the troy ounce for volume users. The easiest way to determine how much you'll need is to wrap a string around your stone. Overlap the ends by 2-3mm and mark it. Then, place your string against a ruler to determine the length you'll need.
To make a custom bezel setting, solder the ends of the bezel strip wire or gallery wire together. Pickle and quench. Place your stone through the wire a few times to make sure it's going to fit. Then, solder the wire to the back plate. Pickle and quench. Use a saw or shears to cut the back plate around the base of the bezeling wire – or you can leave extra metal as a design element. File as necessary. Solder a bail, ring shank or other jewelry finding to your bezel. Pickle, quench and polish. Finally, place the stone inside your bezel setting. Use a bezel roller and/or burnishing tool to press-in the sides evenly around the stone.
Precious metal materials on the wholesale market are priced each day based on commodity market benchmarks. Most people understand the system best when you compare it to the price of gasoline at the pump. The exact price each day fluctuates based on supply and demand for the commodity. Gold and silver derivatives work the same way. Read more about how we establish market-based pricing each day.
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