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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




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




Agate display evening.




2010 Christmas show.




Minerals, Crystals and Gemstones
with
Inclusions
Evening




SEPTEMBER
2025
To
DECEMBER 2025

 


SEPTEMBER 2025

Tuesday September 16th *
Old & new members registration for new year

Tuesday September 23rd *
Symmetry in fossils

Tuesday September 30th *
Findings - auction & discussion on jewellery settings


OCTOBER 2025

Tuesday October 7th *
Microscope Evening

Tuesday October 14th *
Holiday finds/what did you buy recently?

Tuesday October 21st *
Minerals with Magnesium

Tuesday October 28th
Half term: no meeting


NOVEMBER 2025

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1ST
Festival of Geology


Tuesday November 4th *
Magnetic rocks/minerals
Discussion on Diamagnetic/Parama gnetic/Ferromagnetic

Tuesday November 11th *
Included Quartz

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15TH
Sussex Mineral Show


Tuesday November 18th *
Rare earth Minerals

Tuesday November 25th *
Fluorescent Minerals


DECEMBER 2025

Tuesday December 2nd *
Carvings/Cabs members work & bought

Tuesday December
9th
Xmas do

(Members only)


Spring term dates

Jan 13th - Feb 10th
½ term
Feb 24th - March 31st (11 weeks)


Note:

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



 

 

 

 



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