Resources - Central Florida Mineral & Gem Society

International Gem Society	Gemological Institute of America
Faceting Machines
ULTRATEC Faceting Equipment	Raytecshaw
Aussie Sapphire Lapidary Warehouse	Gemmarum Lapidator
Faceting Designs
United States Faceters Guild	Designs by Torbjorn Lorin
Gemology Project	Jeff Graham Designs
Andrew Brown Faceting Design	GemCad file of Famous Diamonds
Moriartys Gem Art	UK Faceters Guild Designs
Mines to Visit
Emerald Hollow Mine of N. Carolina	Gem Mountain of N. Carolina
Lost Mines of Atlantis, Sebring, Fl	Crater of Diamonds State Park, AR
Cherokee Ruby & Sapphire Mine, N.C	Gold City Gem Mine, N.C.
Emerald Village, N.C	Mason Mountain Mine, NC
Hogg Crystal Mine, Georgia	Masons Ruby and Saphire Mines, NC
Ron Coleman Crystal Mine, Arkansas	Fee Mining in America
Tools and Supplies
FDJ Jewelry and Tools	Diamond Pacific
Kingsley North	The Battlap Store (Gearloose)
Lapcraft Company	Ancient Artifacts & Treasures
Silver Suppliers	Ameritool
Black Market Minerals	Rio Grand Jewelry Supply
Thunderbird Jewelry Supply	Fire Mountain

Metalsmithy Videos
Making a Bezel PT 1	Setting a cab in bezel Part 1
Making a Bezel PT 2	Setting a cab in bezel Part 2
Making a Bezel PT 3	Setting a cab in bezel Part 3
Making a Bezel PT 4
Making a Bezel PT 5	Filigree feathers
Basic sawing designs	Silver filigree
Basic drilling in metal
The Art of filigree	Cypriot Filigree
Silver soldering filigree Pt 1	Byzantine tradition (Chase & Repouse)
Silver soldering filigree Pt 2	Filigree Soldering (Jeanniusdesigns) Pt 1
Make sanding sticks	Filigree Soldering (Jeanniusdesigns) Pt 2
Making a Designer Pendant	Filigree Soldering (Jeanniusdesigns) Pt 3

Central Florida Clubs
Tomeka Gem and Mineral Club, Daytona	Canaveral Mineral and Gem Society
Central Brevard Rock & Mineral Club
Videos
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Meetpoint faceting #1 the SRB	Meetpoint faceting #6 OMNI Design concepts
Meetpoint faceting #3 the CAM Trillion	Meetpoint faceting #4 the OMNI
Meetpoint Faceting #5 CAM Design concepts	Cutting Sapphires
Most inexpensive faceting machine	Gem Cutting Tutorial – Reading a Gem Faceting Diagram – Part 1
How to set Gems part 1	How to set Gems part 2
Gem Cutting in Bangkok	Cutting in Jaipur, India
More Jaipur cutting (facebook only)	Cutting large sun stone (time lapse)
Concave cutting demo	Taking apart a Raytec Shaw quill
Cutting Opal	Build Camera Light Ring
Cutting Cabachons	Caves of Largest Crystals, Mexico WOW!!!
Largest Crystal ever found	Worlds Largest Crystals