Mount Isa Lapidary Club

Mount Isa Lapidary Club

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Posted 2019-11-01 by Mindo Koerberfollow
Australia is renowned for the world's finest opals. There are a number of opal fossicking sites throughout Outback Queensland. Inc. is for gem stones enthusiasts and for those who are interested to find out more about fossicking around North West Queensland and beyond. Inc is not only a club for fossicking, but also providing tools and expertise on the art of cutting and polishing rocks and gems.



Each month, there will be club meeting at to arrange a fossicking trip for collecting purposes. The trip can be from tag-along, one-day tripor an extended weekend camping expedition. There are a number of general permission fossicking areas around the North-West outback of Queensland, such as in Cloncurry where you can find amethystine quartz, amethyst, alluvial gold and maltese crosses. You can find peridots at Chudleigh Park Station north of Hughenden and feldspar 'moonstone' can be found at Moonstone Hill.



When you back from your rock or gemstone collecting, you can do cutting and polishing at the club using their facilities and equipment. They will charge small fee. Silversmithing workshop (where you learn to make wearable gemstone from polished or faceted rocks or gemstones) will be held every Tuesdays from 7.30pm to 10pm.



opens their membership to everyone, from rock hounds to hobbyist of all ages. But if you just wanted to take a peek of this amazing club, you can arrange viewing and have a look their wide collections of rocks and gemstones from all over the world.





Either to find where to go fossicking in North West Queensland, find new friends that love to fossick and listen to their stories, find someone to help identifying stones that you found, learn all about gemstones-rocks-minerals or learn how to cabing and faceting stones, will be there to help you.

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