Faceted Gems
The gems beauty is revealed
from a rough stone.
The gems beauty is revealed
from a rough stone.
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Malachite
Polished and set into a hand
made silver setting.
Polished and set into a hand
made silver setting.
Free Form Silver
There are no limits when
designing jewelry.
There are no limits when
designing jewelry.
Opals
Cut and cleaned ready for
shaping into designs.
Cut and cleaned ready for
shaping into designs.
Ameythst
A piece of rough geode set in
silver.
A piece of rough geode set in
silver.
Amber
This fossilized tree resin is
millions of years old.
This fossilized tree resin is
millions of years old.
Soldering Silver
Making a ring from sterling
silver.
Making a ring from sterling
silver.
Cabachons
The cabachon design is the
most widely used in jewelry.
The cabachon design is the
most widely used in jewelry.
Making Jewelry
Combining jewelry and gems
is an age old art.
Combining jewelry and gems
is an age old art.
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Gemstones
Once polished they can be
set into jewelry.
Once polished they can be
set into jewelry.
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| FAQ Lapidary World & The Australian Gem Club Directory Lapidary World is proudly a non-profit Australian achievement website! Bringing every club a little closer together it hopes to grow and provide information and services on a national and international level all on the one site location. Every free Australian club web page has its own separate Url, which they can publicize and use for their own club. Clubs only need to make contact with us and we can then add or update their details to the allocated web site page. There are no ongoing fees. We will only add web page links that go directly to the actual named club site. This way its not misleading for people and leading them to a generalized web directory that they have to search through. Every club needs to have its own individual identity so they can communicate with people in their own specific areas. It's up to every individual club if they wish to be part of this directory in one way or another and it should never be controlled by any individual organization. Having an international site such as this will help develop a stronger relationship between members over the vastness of the world letting others have access to information and taking clubs to a new level. Every club should have equal rights of access to information, gemstone localities and the general comradeship that has existed within the clubs for so many years. This site is not in place to take away anything offered by other existing websites but rather add another service. It’s a totally nonprofit website and all clubs around the world have the right to use the services offered on the site for free. In fact we encourage participation by members to use the Buy – Swap & Sell, to send in their events, provide details of their field trips, provide information on gemstone localities and provide stories with photos. Governing Document Disclaimer Please note that current Australian law doesn't have provisions for individual businesses to be listed as non-profit only registered companies, even though this is the way I operate this website. I make no personal income from producing this website or for any of the free services offered. All access to this website is free to view and all costs associated in maintaining and providing any free services is privately funded by myself. I do accept donations, sponsorship, have advertising. But no money received is used to pay for any profit, wages or personal income. I offer free website pages for any Australian club associated to Lapidary on a 100% no cost basis. My ABN: 34 027 969 321 No-profit clause ‘The assets and income of the website shall be applied solely in furtherance of its above mentioned objects and no portion shall be distributed directly or indirectly to the members of the website except as bona fide compensation for services rendered or expenses incurred on behalf of the organisation.’ Dissolution clause ‘In the event of the website being dissolved, the amount that remains after such dissolution and the satisfaction of all debts and liabilities shall be transferred to another organisation with similar purposes which is not carried on for the profit or gain of its individual members. About The Webmaster John Boom creator of this site started collecting rocks at around 7 or 8 years old some 50 years ago and then joined the Geelong Gem & Mineral club. He has had many years of pleasure while growing up enjoying club field trips and the pleasures of the actual hobby itself. Over the years he has had a Lapidary shop, several jewelry stores and has written numerous Ebooks in several fields, and producer of computer disk Jigsaw puzzles. He is also the author and producer of Australian Pictorials and has managed several businesses in many varied areas. Producer of the following non-profit sites: http://www.lapidaryworld.com http://www.australianpictorials.com http://www.aussiephoto.com http://www.search-the-world.com http://www.search-the-world.com/auctions/ A professional singer (Johnny B - www.johnnyb.com.au) songwriter and recording artist and list goes on. Although now retired he finds himself working full time for the pleasure of his interests and pastimes. As with many of us he hasn’t always been able to allocate time toward the hobby when wanted because of other commitments. But now with the production of this site he is able to give a small token back to the hobby that has been of interest to him all his life. The site design is simple and easy to navigate and he hopes more children will relate to the general design features of the site. The children of today are the collectors of tomorrow and every encouragement should be given to the young to go out into the field, enjoy nature, maybe find some nice stones and get a general appreciation for the hobby as whole. There are many areas where the hobby can take an interested person from collecting micro minerals, general collecting, polishing gems, metal detecting and jewellery making. The bright colored gem and mineral photos and the many moving graphics do slow the site opening pages down but the benefits of seeing so many nice photos make it worth the wait for the pages to open. The site author hopes everyone will take the time to have a regular look through the site and perhaps contribute something no matter how small in regards to content for the site. Site Viewing Resolution This site is best viewed with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768. So if the view of this site is not across the whole of your screen you may want to adjust your screen resolution to 1024 x 768 in your settings control panel of your computer. It has many moving graphics and is ideally suited for broadband use. |
| For Your Attention And Copyright Info. Disclaimer: It is your responsibility to ask permission from any private property owner at any location when searching for gemstones before you enter any such property. You may also be required to possess a fossicking license as per state laws and regulations. Disclaimer: All information provided in the event section list or other areas of this website was either provided freely from other sites with their permission or was directly taken off free public access information websites on the Internet or from mail received. If you feel any particular link or article infringes on any copyright law please inform us and it will be removed. Please ensure that you are the rightful owner of the copy written material. We can only remove material by request if you are the actual copyright owner! www.lapidaryworld.com does not claim ownership of Content submitted or made available on any service provided. This is a free nonprofit service. We will not be held liable in any way for any Content, or for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted or made available on this site or elsewhere. It's advisable to check dates and details with organizers or other sources before going to any events or specific locations! As you may know conditions can change at any time and unless we have been informed its beyond our control. Disclaimer: This is a free nonprofit website providing free services where offered. It's the responsibility of clubs or organizations to contact us with their individual updated details. We will not be held liable for any outdated details or information. Any information gathered on this site is from free public access information resources. They may include: Printed matter - Mailing lists - The Internet - Telephone directories being online, printed and on disk and from clubs and organizations direct contact etc. Only community and public use clubs and organization names with contact details are provided which is deemed to be free public information readily available as per most of the sources named above. If you feel any information on this site is not deemed to be of free public content information then please let us know and it will be investigated and removed if this is the case in question. Everything displayed on this site is for educational or personal recreational purposes, and for use in non-profit mineralogical, lapidary club and for associated interests. Copying or distribution of any of this material by any publication, business, for profit making or any other purpose not explicitly granted by this site is forbidden. Copyright remains the property of the contributors and all copy permissions and rights are reserved. Information on this site is provided for the enjoyment of others. This site does not represent any particular organization and is a totally independent non profit site. Australian Gem and Metal Detecting Clubs can receive a free website page as per our terms of service. Clubs are responsible for sending me the updates regarding club details and events. If you know of any wrong entries just contact me and they will be corrected. |
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