Rocks and lapidary auction

ScottS · May 24, 2023, 9:17pm

MAtherton · May 24, 2023, 9:20pm

Good looking out Scott.

michelle · May 25, 2023, 3:35am

Hope you find some awesome stuff

MAtherton · May 25, 2023, 1:16pm

There are some absolutely beautiful stones going for cheap.

Ill go as far as to say if a member got one of these lots of stones only for 1 or 2 pieces and have yet to get authorized on the lapidary machinery yet I would do their authorization class for free if they donated a chunk of the undesirable stones for other members to work on.

gemma · May 25, 2023, 2:23pm

What are some of your favorite lots that would be best for cabbing? I’d love to get some to play around with, but don’t know enough to know what to pick.

MAtherton · May 25, 2023, 3:06pm

I honestly only made it partially through the list. Any large stones and pre-slabbed would be ideal and more bang for the buck. I think i saw slabbed tigers eye that is always an eye catcher.

I would stay away from smaller stones unless you want to try making a tiny cab.

ScottS · May 25, 2023, 3:12pm

There are also a few lapidary machinery.

MAtherton · May 25, 2023, 5:50pm

There is, and that giant slab saw would be fabulous for the shop if i had the space.

All the old cabbing equipment would be great for someone setting up a home shop. Old stuff is bulletproof and simple to repair and maintain. Everything is going cheap so far.