Lapidary: We offer custom cutting and polishing services to individual collectors and dealers. We specialize in polishing flat specimens up to 24 inches in diameter. Please contact us to discuss quantity discounts.
- Cutting: Our line of saws includes 36" diameter giving our shop the capacity to cut up to 15” stones.
- Polishing: We offer polishing for flat and contour specimens up to 24 inches in the longest dimension. We polish pieces that have been cut by the customer or cut in our shop. Our service includes preparing the piece for the polish process and polishing and cleaning the specimen making it ready for sale or display. We will work with you and follow to special instructions. Our lead time is typically 1 month but we can work with you if you need to expedite some pieces.
Service
| Price/ square inch | Minimum/piece | | Cutting | $0.50 | $4.00 | | Flat Polish | $0.50 | $4.00 | | Contour polish | $1.50 - $3.00* | $15.00 |
*Price varies due to type of mineral and the amount of preform grinding necessary to shape the stone before polishing.
NOTES:
- Services will be billed at full costs regardless of the success of the processing. This means that once a specimen is cut or polished, it must be accepted by the customer regardless of the nature of the specimen. We are sympathetic if you are disappointed in a rock that has been cut or polished but still need to collect payment. In your absence we will stop processing your order and consult with you before continuing to process specimens that is questionable in quality.
- Geodes- the surface area of a geode is calculated is if it were not a geode. No discounts are given for the hollow area in the face of a geode.
Buying: We are interested in collections equipment, tools and fixtures from individuals, estates, rock shop closures or inventory reductions. Please contact us to discuss.
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