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Links & Stuff

Links - Info - Shop Tips - Other things that might interest you!

Here are some sites and other information you might find useful

Rock Rogue Gallery - Here are some images of rocks that we hope you will enjoy - I have tried to keep the image sizes reasonable and you get to preview the text then select the image.

Victoria Lapidary and Mineral Society - Meets the first Tuesday of every month. The Society conducts workshops, field trip, an annual rock and gem show and other activities. Please Contact Island Gem - we would be glad to give you details.

LAPHOUND News - Victoria Lapidary and Mineral Society News letter

Western Canadian Gemstone Newsletter - Western Canada's Gem and Mineral newsletter.

Top Rock - A South African rock shop - Lots of goodies from various sources in Africa. Lots of nice images of their products.

Bob's Rock Shop - Online Magazine for Rockhounds - other links - classified ads and other important rock information.

Lapidary Journal - The premier magazine of the Lapidary Industry - this is their Web site - lots of information.

Eclectic Lapidary - A Zine (Electronic Magazine) - Chocked full of information, tips and other items worth looking at.

List of Various Zine Sites - Found this site while I was poking about - has one of those annoying popups - but looks like a good list.

REES ROCKS & LAPIDARY - Alan Rees is located in Portland Oregon - give his site a check out!

Crystal Maze - A UK Mineral site run by a fellow named Greg - Strange as it may seem Britain has some very excellent mineral specimen locations.

E. C. Sull's Site - an eclectic mix of lots of different things - including rocks!

Mineral World - Scratch Patch - A local business that has a broad range of finished products, display pieces, books etc. They also have a unique area for children (of all ages) where kids can collect tumbled stones and create with them. Rick Hudson who runs the business has also published several books on rockhounding in this area.

Brampton Rock and Mineral Club - A bulletin board from the Brampton Ontario Canada Rock club with various items for sale, trade, wanted and discussed. Bit slow to load but check it out!

Virtual Quarry - Micromount pages from the Mineralogy Club of Antwerp, Belgium

Kim's Gems- is a family owned & operated lapidary business in Bend, Oregon.

More Links coming as we get time - find them. If you want your site to be on our link list let us know!