Repairing guide on turquoise jewelry

Turquoise, a stone prized for its bright, sky-blue color, has been used as an ornament for thousands of years. If you have a piece of turquoise jewelry, you have to eventually need to repair one of the turquoise components.
Find out where is in need of repair, a bead or a cabochon. Turquoise beads can be carved in almost any shape, but will have a drilled hole for stringing the piece onto wire or beading thread.
Buy some replacement of turquoise beads or other components. If the turquoise piece is highly unusual, you may need to substitute a complementary piece unless you can afford to have a custom piece made.
Remove the damaged piece from the jewelry setting. For a prong-type setting, pry the prongs open with jewelry pliers and slide out the cab. If the turquoise jewelry is of a cup-type setting, work a craft knife in between the cab and the edge of the setting. Pry around the edge of the cup until you have room to work the knife between the base of the cab and the bottom of the cup and pry the cab out of the epoxy. Then set the new turquoise or component in the setting.
Start repairing a broken turquoise bead by taking the piece apart. Lay your jewelry on a work surface and cut the beading wire or thread with clippers. Slide the stringing material out of the beads, but try to keep the beads in order for easier reassembly.