just had a customer come in who went to one of those "find your own gems" places and had 11 grains (not grams) of gold he and his wife found. He wants me to make it into some jewelry for him to give her at Christmas. I use pure gold at the torch for fuming all the time, but I don't know what the chances are of the pieces cracking if encased. Anyone ever done this before or can you point me to a link in the archives (I looked but couldn't find anything). I'm pretty sure that I could put it in a small paperweight, but he wasn't real excited about that.
Any help is appreciated.

Jane