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Image Introduction To Lapidary. Describes the processes, tools, and equipment of each branch of lapidary. Helps the reader choose a technique, get started the right way, and determine which tools will work best. A must for the beginner! This is an excellent book and is well worth the investment.
$21.95
Image Opal Cutting Made Easy. Completely Revised and Expanded. Step-By-Step Guide to cutting opal for the beginner and advanced cutter. Cutting made fun and easy. Discover how to: Cut your first opal, orient the color, cut standard sizes, make doublets and triplets, treat matrix opal, cut Lightning Ridge black, Mexican and Boulder opal, buy rough, and much more. A necessary reference book for every cabochon cutter. Paul Downing
$8.95
Image Cabochon Cutting. Illustrations, photos and detailed instructions show how to cut a cabochon. Everything to start a crafts person on the way to expert cutting. Answers all the questions from dopping to setting stones.
$5.00
Image Advanced Cabochon Cutting. Learn how to master special shaped cabochon cutting, assembled stones, star stones and cats eyes. Special sections on opal and jade.
$5.00
Image How To Tumble Polish Rocks Into Gems. Secrets Of The Pros Reveald. Includes Exclusive Special Sections About: Abrasives / Medias, Balancing Loads, Cleaning / Sorting, Organics / Metals, Rotary / Vibratory, Wet / Dry Polishing, and hundreds of tumbling tips. 102 pages by Edward E. Smith - 3RD Edition
$20.95

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Image How To Tumble Polish Gemstones. Turn pebbles and rough stones into sparkling jewels. Guide to tumbling equipment. 32 pages by Jerome Wexler
$5.95
Image Tumbler Instruction Booklet. Lortone Rotary tumbler instruction booklet. A complete guide to rock tumbling with your rotary style tumbler. This is the same booklet that comes with Lortone rotary tumblers. A step by step guide to tumbling gemstones.
$3.50
Image Beads To Buckskins Vol. 12. The final volume of the series contains some of the most unusual bead work done with minerals, using many methods of making jewelry incorporating glass beads and stones. Exposed are a host of creative arrangements of stone and glass, done by some extremely talented bead artists. There are 64 color photos and many black and white of unique pieces. Illustrated instructions. 96 pages By Peggy Sue Henry.
$12.95
Image Facet Cutters Handbook. This book contains everything one needs to know in order to facet gemstones expertly. Includes 22 beautiful cuts. 64 pages. (Soukup)
$5.00
Gold Mining In The 21st Century. The complete book of modern goldmining procedures. Contains everything a beginner will need and want to know about getting started in gold mining. Learn what gold is, where it comes from, where to find it, and how to pan, sluice, dredge, lode mine, clean gold, and how to sell it. 277 pgs.
( Dave McCracken )
$19.95
Gold Fever. Favorite among beginners. Numerous full-page
illustrations on the mechanics of panning and sluicing. Maps of Western states gold locations. 80 pgs. ( Lois De Lorenzo )
$6.95
Recreational Gold Prospecting For Fun And Profit. Knowing where to look for gold is a well-kept secret. This entertaining, well-written book is for those who have ever thought about looking for gold as a hobby. Learn about the basic geologic properties of gold, how to plan a gold prospecting adventure with your family and what equipment you’ll need to do it. 206 pgs. ( Gail Butler )
$12.95
Modern Prospecting. Covers everything you need to know to find mineral deposits, stake a claim and even sell mineral rights.
In Modern Prospecting, an experienced prospector passes on information acquired through 20 years of classroom study, field work in the western states and Alaska, and trial and error. Chapters include descriptions of the major types of deposits, interviews with professional geologists; how to obtain an assay, use geochemical and geophysical methods, and stake a proper claim. With its handy glossary and helpful information on government agencies, websites and other contacts for assays, suppliers, and geological bulletins, Modern Prospecting is the foremost how-to do-it-right guide to prospecting in the twenty-first century. 320 pages ( Roger McPherson )
$14.95
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