My sister and I inherited my mom's jewelry and none of it our style. It's all gold, there are some diamonds and two emeralds. Neither of us like emeralds. We don't want to sell it to make a profit and we don't want to just let it sit around, but it's worth some money. Do jewelry stores let you trade in jewelry and/or stones? Can gold be melted down and dipped to make white gold jewelry? Like, if I walk into a store with a stone worth X and gold worth Y, can I trade it for Z worth about X + Y or a little less?
TIA!