Greetings [reservoirdugz] Ken firstly may i welcome you to RTH Forums from Bonnybridge!
Look out for [celt40] Girvan, [jockstrap] Irvine, [foogy] Kilsyth, [billyd] Montrose & [opisthorchis]
SW Scotland and of coarse [iant] South Fife.
Girvan - Irvine and Kilsyth are Quartz Agate areas, North of the river Eden in Fife all around the coast to Montrose is a Basalt based Agate area.
There are 3 Lapidary clubs in Scotland, one in Leith, one in Edinburgh and one in Glasgow.
Scottish Mineral & Lapidary Club (EH6 6RZ)Agates are their speciality.
Full member fees £180 per year or Associate £15 Jan - Dec + £1 per session.
Free Uniform one time only, access up to 36" saw (17" thick cut), faceting but too few machines 5 year
waiting list, a pair of each Diamond 100, 220 & 400 grinders & flat laps 80, 220, 400, 600,
17,500 Cerium Oxide / 90,000 Aluminum Oxide polish.
Associate: large library of books rocks & machines at discounted prices & getting rocks slabbed
by a full member at a reduced cost or a slab or two), Metalwork for jewelery (silver & Enamelling).
Your £1 session fee includes tea or coffee & biscuits.
3 days Tue - Thu 10AM - 3:30PM, 4 nights Mon - Wed & Fri 6:30PM - 10PM with occasional weekends.
Leith Lapidary Club (EH7 6AE)Full member fees £60 per year Nov - Oct + £2 per session.
5 diamond saws upto 12" saw (5" thick cut),a faceting machine, The club now has quite a range
of Diamond based consumables, covering grinders, expando belts, steel flat laps, sanding and polishing
pads, Silicon Carbide 80, 220, 400 and Aluminum Oxide loose grit and polish laps.
With a small library of books, Metalwork for jewelery (silver, Copper, casting & Enamelling).
Your £2 fee includes tea or coffee & biscuits and use of equipment for 3 hours.
2 days Mon, Thu 1:30pm - 9:30pm, Tues 1:30pm - 4:30pm, Wed (metal only) 11:30am - 4:30pm
and 7:30pm - 9:30pm with occasional last Sunday of the month.
I am currently a member of both Leith Lapidary Club and Scottish Mineral & Lapidary Club.
West of Scotland Mineral & Lapidary Society
£80 per year Jul - Jun plus £1.50 session fee, only open on Tues 2:30pm - 7:30pm
Upto a 24" diamond saw (11" thick cut), Diamond grinders, a working faceting machine
and loose grit and polish laps, there is a cafe / carry-out next door for refreshments.
Your £1.50 fee includes the use of equipment for the day.
West of Scotland Mineral & Lapidary Society
Knightswood Community Centre, 201 Alderman Road, Glasgow, G31 3DD.
Just a five minute walk from Scotstounhill railway station.
Contact: Mr. Bill McCririck, Tel: 01355 246272
Please check out my Sticky's below.
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I currently have a 3lb Beach (UK), Lortone QT 12/66 (USA) rotaries & 2x Viking Vibrasonic
(Diamond Pacific) (USA) virbrating tumblers, with Silicon Carbide grit F80, F220, F600, F1200,
with Tin Oxide (1.0 micron) & Aluminum Oxide (1.0 micron & 0.3 micron) polishes.
I hail from (The Barony of Seabegs)
Bonnybridge,
Stirlingshire,
U.K, where
aliens (15mb)
sometimes come for a visit & about 4 miles west from that
monstrosity & 7 miles west of this new
monstrosity!
Sticky's: their contents are resource information 1#:
Vendors worldwide (2mb), 2#:
How to use the forum,
3#:
How to identify rocks & minerals, 4#:
Save money on expensive grits & polishes,
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Aussie Lapidary Forum: Rock Tumbling Guide!