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Finding a Lapidary/Faceting Club

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By Jeff R. Graham

Finding a Lapidary/Faceting Club

Depending on where you live there may or may not be a lapidary/faceting club near you. One of the best places to look is on the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies website. Here is the link to their Guilds and Clubs page.

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http://amfed.org/

or for more general information check

http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/clublist.html

These sites are good for all kinds of information so be sure and look around. If you cannot find a local club, often you can ask on the "AmFed Faceters List" and/or "USFG Faceters Digest" news list. You might not find a club, but you may find somebody in your local area who is a faceter and willing to help.

Jeff R. Graham

The late Jeff Graham was a prolific faceter, creator of many original faceting designs, and the author of several highly-regarded instructional faceting books such as Gram Faceting Designs.

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