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Sidcup Lapidary & Mineral Society

The Society was founded in 1970 to bring together people with an interest in lapidary (gemstone polishing) and the study of mineral specimens, fossils and gemstones.

The Society meets at the Adult Education Centre at Alma Road, Sidcup, Kent (11 miles from Central London) on Monday evenings. We are equipped with machinery for cutting and polishing stones. Instruction in the use of the machinery and the making of cabochons out of semi-precious stones is given We are the only Society in the south, in the public domain, to give instruction in cutting and polishing.
The Society is a member of the following organisations:

• The Federation of Lapidary & Geological Societies (FLAGS)
• The Geologists' Association (GA)
• The Trevithick Society of Cornwall (industrial archaeology)

Field Trips

Field Trips are organised to visit quarries and other mineral and fossil sites for the purpose of collecting specimens.

Forthcoming Events

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