The Little Lapidary Blog

Getting Better One Show at a Time

Getting Better One Show at a Time

A preview of what The Little Lapidary is bringing to Gems by the Sea in San Luis Obispo, including new fossils, Indonesian material, educational displays and a new Turquoise of...

Getting Better One Show at a Time

A preview of what The Little Lapidary is bringing to Gems by the Sea in San Luis Obispo, including new fossils, Indonesian material, educational displays and a new Turquoise of...

Three finished live-edge Chrysoplume cabochons

What I’m Cutting: Chrysoplume from Indonesia

From wet rough to live-edge cabochons and a three-inch contour-polished specimen, here is a look at how I have been cutting Chrysoplume from Obi Island, Indonesia.

What I’m Cutting: Chrysoplume from Indonesia

From wet rough to live-edge cabochons and a three-inch contour-polished specimen, here is a look at how I have been cutting Chrysoplume from Obi Island, Indonesia.

How I Got Started in Lapidary

Like a lot of kids, I had a rock collection. I also collected stamps. Yes, I was that kid. But rocks never really became anything more than an occasional interest...

How I Got Started in Lapidary

Like a lot of kids, I had a rock collection. I also collected stamps. Yes, I was that kid. But rocks never really became anything more than an occasional interest...

Inside The Little Lapidary's compact 4 x 6 backyard lapidary workshop with cabbing machine and trim saw

Welcome to The Little Lapidary

Welcome to The Little Lapidary — a place for hand-cut cabochons, interesting rocks and minerals, practical lapidary learning, and the occasional story from the workshop or the road.

Welcome to The Little Lapidary

Welcome to The Little Lapidary — a place for hand-cut cabochons, interesting rocks and minerals, practical lapidary learning, and the occasional story from the workshop or the road.