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Drum Grinder for Lapidary
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Quality Plated Wheels for Cabbing Machines
Sintered Diamond Wheels
Professional Grade Wheels for Cabbing Machines
Sintered Diamond Laps
Professional Grade Laps for Faceting Machines
Sintered Carving Burs
Professional Grade Burs for Carving
Wire Drills and Carving Points
Diamond carving point sets and fine diameter drills
Plated Core Drills
Economy Hole Saws
Brazed Core Drills
Professional Grade Hole Saws
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Estwing Geological Tools
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Lapidary & Jewelry Making Technical Reference Center

How to Cab (now also in German)
Creating beautiful, polished cabochons from slabbed rock is a process that anyone can master. This guide will help you work through all of the steps required

 

Diamond Grits Guide
A reference chart of common diamond grit size designations use in lapidary wheels, laps, disc, blades, and drills including particle sizes and per carat counts.

Using a Dressing Stick (PDF)
How to use a dressing stick to refresh the cutting ability of your sintered diamond wheels,  saw blades and core drills.

  Lapidary & Jewelry Glossary
Alphabetical listings of common and not so common lapidary and jewelry terms and their definitions.

Cleaning Specimens
Make mineral specimens shine like those in museums. Learn how to clean geodes, quartz and other mineral specimens.

  Gemstone Glossary
Alphabetical listing of precious, semi-precious, and other common minerals used in lapidary and jewelry making.

Is That Diamond Real?
A simple test you can perform to help you determine if that stone is really a diamond or just a cubic zirconia.

  Geologic Glossary
Alphabetical listings of rock, mineral, and geologic terms and definitions

Fakes & Frauds
A list of scams, fakes, forgeries and misrepresentations that appear in the mineral collecting market. Learn what to look for and be an informed collector!

  Mineral Library
Reference with over 9,600 different minerals, varieties and synonyms, along with their occurrences and locations.

Hardness Scales
Learn about mineral hardness, how it is used by rock collectors, and other methods used to determine hardness.

  Bead and Wire Guide for Jewelry Making
Information on common bead sizes, beads per strand length, wire and sheet metal gauges, plating abbreviations, and common beading and wire wrapping materials.

Lapidary Forums
Chat with other lapidary, mineral, rock and geology enthusiasts! A list of rock related forums, bulletin boards, discussion groups and subscribe to email lists.

  Meteorites *NEW*
Information on meteorites including their classifications, types, identifying possible meteorites, links, and other resources.
Moh Hardness Values
Mineral hardness values alphabetically by mineral names for over 2,800 minerals by IMA name and common names.
  Common Conversions
Common conversions used in lapidary and rock literature, gemology, geology, and in the related earth sciences.

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