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| • | A lapidary (the word means "concerned with stones") is an artisan who practices the craft of working, forming and finishing stone, mineral, gemstones, and other suitably durable materials (amber, shell, jet, pearl, copal, coral, horn and bone, glass and other synthetics) into functional and/or decorative, even wearable, items (e.g. cameos, cabochons, and more complex facetted designs). The adjectival term is also extended to refer to such arts. Diamond cutters are generally not referred to as lapidaries, due to their highly specialized techniques which are required to work diamond successfully.
The arts of a sculptor or stonemason are generally too broad in scale to fall within the definition, though chiseling inscriptions in stone, and preparing laboratory 'thin sections' may be considered lapidary arts. The term is most commonly associated with jewelry and decorative household items (e.g. bookends, clock faces, ornaments, etc.) A specialized form of lapidary work is the inlaying of marble and gemstones into a marble matrix, known in English as "pietra dura" for the hard stones like onyx, jasper and carnelian that are used, but called in Florence and Naples, where the technique was developed in the 16th century, opere di commessi. The Medici Chapel at San Lorenzo in Florence is completely veneered with inlaid hard stones. A lapidary specialty developed from the late 18th century in Naples and Rome are the "micro-mosaics" assembled out of many minute slivers of stone to create still life, cityscape views and the like.
In China lapidary work specializing in jade carving has been continuous since the Shang dynasty.
There exists three broad categories of lapidary arts. These are the procedures of tumbling, cabochon cutting, and faceting. The distinction is somewhat loose, and leaves a broad range within the term cabochon.
At present most lapidary work is accomplished using motorized
Source: [wikipedia: lapidary]
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Ace Lapidary and Supply |
| | tools, supplies and equipment for lapidary, jewelry manufacturing and industrial applications.
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Ameritool Inc. |
| | lapidary equipment, tools and supplies - saws, buffers, hand tools, diamond discs, polishing products.
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Arizona-Rockshop |
| | sales and pictures of agate, jasper, obsidian, thundereggs, petrified wood and fire opal.
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Bear Paw Lapidary |
| | petrified wood, sandstone, lortone tumblers, raytech ultraviolet lamps.
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Covington Engineering - Quality Lapidary Equipment |
| | covington is a manufacturer of quality lapidary equipment and supplies.
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Crystal World Fossils and Minerals |
| | offers fossils, minerals, metaphysical items, healing stones, rocks, meteorites, jewellery, gift ideas, crystals and books.
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Crystalite Lapidary and Glass Products |
| | diamond tools & machines for lapidary, rockhounds.
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Denis Brand Lapidary Arts |
| | mineral carvings, mineral eggs, polished spheres and animal carvings.
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Faceting Machines |
| | sellers of ultra tec, poly-metric scintillator, xristal-tek and omf, alpha taurus, facetron, mdr, graves, raytech, lee faceting machines, laps, diamond and cerium oxide polishes, saws, scales, faceting rough and books.
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FacetIt.com |
| | lapidary rough, lortone tumblers, lightning ridge opal, books, supplies, gem information and picture gallery..
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Gems & Jewelry R Us |
| | gems, jewelry and lapidary equipment. we carry a line of jewelry findings and provide lapidary services.
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GemsUSA.com |
| | wholesale and retail supplier of gems (specializing in unusual sizes and cuts), gem rough, and lapidary supplies.
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Kingsley North, Inc. |
| | national distributor of lapidary equipment, rock tumblers, abrasives, faceting and cabbing machines,laps, diamond discs and diamond saw blades.
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Lapidary Supplies |
| | lapidary supplies and equipment for use in business and hobby.
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Lortone, Inc. |
| | manufacturers of professional lapidary and jewelry equipment. rock tumblers, rock saws, rock slab polishers, and jewelry polishers.
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Mountain Mist Products |
| | provides diamond burs fot the dental laboratory or gem carver.
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My Little Rock Shop |
| | an unusual assortment of gems and gem rough for the lapidary, metalsmith and rock collector.
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Opals and Minerals |
| | french gem cutting workshop, specialized in australian opals and gem supplies.
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Rocks And Things Catalog |
| | a catalog containing lapidary equipment, tools and supplies, tumbling abrasives and polishes, rocks/minerals, books, maps, and beads for making jewelry.
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Sphereheaven.com |
| | rare and collectible spheres and rock art as well as gems and jewelry.
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The Rock Centre |
| | specialises in rock crafts from rocks found in the tablelands of gros morne national park. provides featured products, online ordering and catalogue.
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The Rock Peddler |
| | lapidary equipment and supplies, cabbing rough and faceting material.
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Unconventional Lapidarist |
| | jewelry, gemstones, freeform cabochons (cabs), spheres, mineral specimens, and lapidary (cabbing / faceting ) rough.
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