Lapidary
General discussion of our day to day lapidary activities
Black Agate – What A Find
I peered into a field and was amazed to see it was literally littered with lumps of agate
Time to prepare the workshop for use again
Timw to get the Lapidary workshop ready for use.
Cutting and Polishing
Welcome to our messy world of Lapidary, yes Lapidary is very messy but extremely rewarding, it really brings out the “creative” in you, sometimes with realising it. So what is Lapidary, well as far as we are concerned it’s all about taking a lump of stone, be it a semi precious piece from our stocks […]
Rough Sodalite
Here we have a fine rough Sodalite specimen weighing approximately 164 grams. Picture taken when the stone is dry. Sodalite is a deep blue mineral, often with white deposits of calcite running through it. This piece would be fine for cutting and polishing into cabochons for use in jewellery making. Sodalite has a hardness rating […]