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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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