Resources and Links

This one is for a lapidary forum. It's a great place to see what other rock hounds are doing. Topics include cabs, rough, intarsia, silver smithing, shop gear and more
.Lapidary/Gemstone Comunity Forum

Here are the web addresses for the Jasper/Agate data base I showed at the meeting last week. Lots of pictures of rocks arranged geographically.

Volume 1: Utah and Colorado {2nd ed} (warning - 16 MB)
http://www.4shared.com/document/mNXTQALM/Agate_Index_Vol_1__2nd_ed_.html
Vol 2:Wyoming and Montana
http://www.4shared.com/file/224404408/51585e57/Agate_Index_Vol_2.html
Vol 3:Idaho and Washington
http://www.4shared.com/file/229956030/cc07189f/Agate_Index_Vol_3.html
Vol 4:South Dakota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
http://www.4shared.com/file/242786005/91b2476f/Agate_Index_Vol_4.html
Vol 5: Texas
http://www.4shared.com/document/oCLei3tU/Agate_Index_Vol_5.html
Vol 6: The South - Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri
(link repaired 1/29/11)
http://www.4shared.com/document/HMT_XBh1/Agate_Index_Vol_6.html
Vol 7: Arizona (Warning 16 MB)
http://www.4shared.com/document/XplaNpW1/Agate_Index_Vol_7.html
Vol 8: New Mexico and Nevada
(link repaired 1/27/11)
http://www.4shared.com/document/dHMLvcjE/Agate_Index_Vol_8.html

Vol 9: Oregon (Warning 20 MB)
http://www.4shared.com/document/-CARc_SR/Agate_Index_Vol_9.html

Volume 10A: California Agates
73 pages of material - 24 MB (Large File)
http://www.4shared.com/document/WNYHkbHj/Agate_Index_Vol_10A_California.html

Central Florida Clubs

Tomeka Gem and Mineral Club, Daytona

Canaveral Mineral and Gem Society

Earth wonders Geological Museum

Central Brevard Rock & Mineral Club

Videos

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Meetpoint faceting #1 the SRB	Meetpoint faceting #6 OMNI Design concepts
Meetpoint faceting #3 the CAM Trillion	Meetpoint faceting #4 the OMNI
Meetpoint Faceting #5 CAM Design concepts	Cutting Sapphires
Most inexpensive faceting machine	Crafting Great Gemstones
How to set Gems part 1	How to set Gems part 2
Gem Cutting in Bangkok	Cutting in Jaipur, India
More Jaipur cutting (facebook only)	Cutting large sun stone (time lapse)
Concave cutting talk Dalan Hargrave	Taking apart a Raytec Shaw quill
Cutting Opal	Build Camera Light Ring
Cutting Cabachons	Wire wrapping Demonstration
Largest Crystal ever found	Caves of Largest Crystals, Mexico WOW!!!
Concave cutting demo

Metalsmithy Videos
Making a Bezel PT 1	Setting a cab in bezel Part 1
Making a Bezel PT 2	Setting a cab in bezel Part 2
Making a Bezel PT 3	Setting a cab in bezel Part 3
Making a Bezel PT 4	Making a filigree bracelet
Making a Bezel PT 5	Filigree feathers
Basic sawing designs	Silver filigree
Basic drilling in metal
The Art of filigree	Cypriot Filigree
Silver soldering filigree Pt 1	Byzantine tradition (Chase & Repouse)
Silver soldering filigree Pt 2	Filigree Soldering (Jeanniusdesigns) Part 1
Make sanding sticks	Filigree Soldering (Jeanniusdesigns) Part 2
Making a Designer Pendant	Filigree Soldering (Jeanniusdesigns) Part 3




General Lapidary Knowledge
Ask Jeff	USFaceter's Guild
The Gem Connection	the Gemcutter
Jessie Donnan Wire Wrapping	William Holland School of Lapidary Arts
Bernardine Gemstone Facts and Information	Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collection
The Gemology Project	Gemology On Line
Eni Oken's Wire Wrap lessons	Gemworld Pricing Guide
Gemlore	Using a Digital Camera to Photograph, cabs, gemstones,minerals and jewelry - by ron gibbs
How to cut Cabochons	Techniques of cabochon cutting
Buena Vista Gemstone Pictures	Intro to Faceting
What is a Gem???	Free Gemology Course/Barbara Smigel
UltrTec's Library	US Faceters Guild Picture Album
Photographing Gem Stones	Make Silver Dome Beads
Cutting SRBs in Various Materials by Jim Perkins
Faceting Machines
ULTRATEC Faceting Equipment	RaytecShaw
Fac-Ette (Gem Master)	Graves Faceting Equipment
Omni discussion

Faceting Designs
Faceting Designs at the Rockshop	Aussie's Faceting Designs
USFG Diagrams	Jeff Gram Designs
Old Pueblo Library	GemCad file of Famous Diamonds
Tom's Gem Designs	UK Faceters Guild Designs
Designs by Torbjorn Lorin