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354 Meteorite Rings – Out of this World!
Some time in relatively recent geological history, (hundreds of thousands or millions of years ago) one got knocked from its orbit, and it took on a collision course with Earth.
Posted on Mar-29-2011

287 Boone Titanium Rings:The Allure of Alternative Metals
Titanium is a material so strong and lightweight that it was originally used for aerospace applications. It was found to be extremely inert, so later found uses in medical implants like femurs and bone screws.
Posted on Nov-09-2010

304 What is black zirconium?
Some rings are made from something called Black Titanium. It’s a proprietary alloy of one large company, and it’s actually an alloy of mostly zirconium with a little titanium thrown in for good measure.
Posted on Nov-09-2010

247 Can Titanium Rings be Cut Off?
A lot of the Internet rumors started when some aerospace worker had the brilliant idea to use a titanium bearing race as a ring. He had a hard time getting it off. For use in a bearing race, by definition, the material is made as hard as possible and has sharp square corners, so that was not a very smart thing to do. The material used in titanium rings is not hardened like that and can be cut with a variety of different means.
Posted on Nov-09-2010

240 Boone Titanium Rings - Home of genuine, attractive and affordable Titanium and Meteorite Rings
Titanium rings are crafted from solid billet and are not cast. It takes special equipment to be able to machine the ring, so this is why jewellers have not produced them in the past.
Posted on Nov-09-2010