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Polished Ammonite
from
Morocco

Members using the cutting and polishing machines

Polished Malachite
From
The Congo

Welcome to the
Sidcup Lapidary & Mineral Society
web site

We hope you find these pages useful and informative.
The group has been running for over 40 years with an active membership.
We have a Lapidary workshop with cutting, grinding and polishing equipment,
display tables and microscopes for your use.
On this site you will find the current meetings schedule, a brief history of the Society,
a virtual tour of our workshop and some links which may be of interest.

The society also has a full schedule of Field trips for those who might like to discover the fun
of collecting mineral and fossil specimens for themselves.
Please see full schedule page.

All are welcome.


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THE MEETING PLACE FOR OUR REGULAR EVENING
GET TOGETHER AND LAPIDARY WORKSHOP IS:

Grove Park Community Center
(Ringway Center)
268, Baring Rd, London
SE12 0DS

Tuesday's - 7.00pm to 9.30pm


For more information contact:

Nicola Claxton

07790 222 140

email: nicolaclaxton1000@gmail.com


Past Activities

  
Forthcoming Evening Meeting Programme

FEBRUARY 2025
to
JULY 2025

 




Notes from a field trip
to
Machen Quarry, S. Wales.




Agate display evening.




2010 Christmas show.




Minerals, Crystals and Gemstones
with
Inclusions
Evening


Note:

Those wishing to use microscopes or carry out work
on the lapidary machines a (*) is marked
next to those evenings suitable.


FEBRUARY 2025

Tuesday February 25th *
Slices


MARCH 2025


Tuesday March 4th
*
SiO2 minerals vs fossils.

Tuesday March 11th
*
Membership show & tell


Tuesday March 18th
AGM

Tuesday March 25th *
Open to look at any remnants of
Graham's collection and sort
.


APRIL 2025

Tuesday April 22nd *
Acicular Minerals

Tuesday
April 29th
*
Heavy Minerals


MAY 2025

Tuesday May 6th *
Spiral Fossils & Mondern Equivalents

Tuesday May13th *
Conglomerates

Tuesday May20th *
Flourescent Minerals

Tuesday May 27th *
Sand Concretions


JUNE 2025

Tuesday June 3rd
Half term: no meeting

Tuesday June 10th *
Preparing Minerals - what to do & what not to do.

Tuesday
June 17th *
Travertines / cave deposits.

Tuesday June 24th
Sort out Container


JULY 2025


Tuesday July 1st
Sort out container


Tuesday July 8th *
Water worn pebbles


Tuesday July 15th *
Socail: food & drinks



 

 

 

 



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