West Australian Lapidary and Rockhunting Club in Rivervale, Western Australia | Community organisation

West Australian Lapidary and Rockhunting Club

Locality: Rivervale, Western Australia

Phone: +61 439 216 660

Address: 31-35 Gladstone Road 6103 Rivervale, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.walapidaryclub.org.au

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25.01.2022 After a very successful Christmas Sale it’s time for something educational.

25.01.2022 This beautiful piece was made by Rick. For a change Im asking what is the gemstone he has used? A stone that was used by the Romans to carve signet rings or seal rings for imprinting a seal with wax on important documents as hot wax wouldnt stick to it. Mohs hardness 6-7. Chemical formula SiO2, coloured by impunities of iron. SiO2 covers a huge range of gemstones.

24.01.2022 You need patience for this. Irene does these beautiful Viking Knit weaves with Sterling Silver then incorporates them into her art metal pieces.

23.01.2022 Club member and workshop supervisor Rick has sent in these images of some rings he has been making. An amethyst that was bought from a gem shop in Nepal, Western Australian black tourmaline and a small opal to replace a broken one in a friends ring. Thanks Rick.

23.01.2022 The Exhibition is on again this weekend - Saturday 26th June opening at 10am & Sunday 27th June opening at 11am. Forecast of rain again on Sunday but all stalls are undercover and dry. We have raffle tickets on sale Saturday and Sunday with the winner being drawn 4pm Sunday 27th June. Tickets only available at the Exhibition. *Conditions apply to when the prize can be used.

22.01.2022 A blast from the past. These beautiful spoons were made by one of our senior members in the late 1990s. Designs in the individual handles were cast from original plants. Wonderful work Tom!

22.01.2022 Club member Felicity Peters is an award winning, internationally renown, jewellery and crafts worker. We are lucky to have a range of experienced people like Felicity in our club who freely share their experience and ideas with us. Felicity has an exhibition of her work titled The sadness of the chairs and New Works currently being held at Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park, until the 22nd of November. Here is a small glimpse into the type of work Felicity does. The creative mind always amazes me! If you want to know the thinking and story behind these pieces then you will need to go to Felicity’s Instagram @felicity.peters

22.01.2022 Time for another fossil. The amount of work and care extracting a fossil like this is amazing.

22.01.2022 Just one week until the Christmas Sale at the Western Australian Lapidary and Rock Hunting Club. It looks like there will be 12 tables of members goods ( Rocks, Minerals and Jewellery ) and 3 commercial tables.

21.01.2022 Found from recent trip. Came across 16 kg of partial Tourmaline crystal

21.01.2022 A very successful first day of our annual exhibition. Due to State Government trading hours restrictions Sunday 20th June will open at 11:00am. If you missed out on day one this is your chance to view and buy some amazing rocks, jewellery and glass.

20.01.2022 The next meeting of the Mineral Group is Thursday 15th October 2020 at 7:00pm. All members welcome. A great way to learn more about rocks and minerals. This months Brag Stone is anything starting with D or if you are new to identifying your rocks bring along a couple of your don’t know ones and we will help identify them.

19.01.2022 http://www.geologyin.com//fossilized-insect-discovered-not

19.01.2022 Another entertainment piece put together for you.

19.01.2022 First Club meeting since March now that COVID restrictions have been relaxed a little. 2 sqm rule now allows us to hold meetings in our hall.

19.01.2022 It might be grey and wet outside but it is dry and bright inside the Christmas Sale. So many great treasures to buy, something for everyone. Sausage sizzle, cakes, sandwiches, tea, coffee. Kids activities, lucky dip, chocolate wheel and sand pit.

18.01.2022 A few recent pieces from members, Gavin, Felicity, Trisha and Dave. Some of the different areas of our club are represented in these works.

18.01.2022 Ive been wanting to post something from our Club Glass workshop for some time. Donna has come to my rescue and here is a first instalment of hopefully more to come. Donna is working on some of the humble members and twisting their wrists to supply some photos. Please take the time to read Donnas explanation of the process for making these two tree themed plates which is available under each image.

18.01.2022 Another project from our Glassroom. This one from new member Leeanne. Produced with a layer of 3mm clear glass at the base, another layer of 3mm blue opaque (referred to as opal in glass) has then been cut and added to the clear base. A variety of beautiful coloured pieces of 3mm glass have then been applied to create the floral design. A small circle of black forms the centre of the flower, with small glass frit (small pieces of glass) to give the likeness of the flower disk. The piece was then full fused in the kiln, where all pieces of glass meld to each other and the final item settles from the variety of 6mm and 9mm heights, to an even height of 6mm. The result is a stunning flower just in time to welcome Spring! Great work Leeanne.

18.01.2022 Another great night at Mineral Group. The Brag Stone was minerals or rocks starting with C. It was a very prolific letter with so many beautiful specimens brought in. A few were a little borderline on their classification but we love looking at them anyway. After the everyone has explained the pieces they brought in we get to handle them ( with a couple of notable exceptions ) and have a closer look. It is a great chance to learn so much about geology and sometimes have our misinterpretations corrected. It was great to have Robert Madden from School of Rock back with us to keep us inline with our classifications. The final part of the night was a very interesting PowerPoint presentation by James about his time as a Geologist at Telfer Gold Mine. He brought the geology of the mine and the ore bodies to life with excellent diagrams.

17.01.2022 Unlocking the potential in a stone. This piece was purchased at the Kalamunda Lapidary Club’s open day. After cutting with the diamond saw the next stage is to decided what to best make from it.

17.01.2022 Beading is probably one of the lesser known areas of our Club. The Beading Group meet twice a month to share skills and an interest in all aspects of beading. It is open to all Club members with instruction available for beginners.

16.01.2022 Dream time again. Don’t forget to check out the post about our Christmas Sale and some of your dreams could come true.

16.01.2022 Very pretty but not naturally occurring!

16.01.2022 Still a work in progress but the webpage is on its way back at https://www.walapidaryclub.org.au/ contact email should be working again soon until then use the Facebook messages.

14.01.2022 Our Club Beading coordinator got this First Place in the open beading competition at the Royal Show this year. Even though Jean didn’t make the stone cabochon herself it shows how lapidary and beading can be combined. The Beading group meets on the 4th Sunday of the month at 1:00pm. Instruction is available to members.

14.01.2022 New member Adam has just finished the Lapidary course. Unfortunately his oval had a little accident and lost a chip when it was dropped. Happens to all of us at some time, part of the learning process. His round cabochon is not in this video as a friend liked it so much and pleaded to have it that he parted with it.

13.01.2022 Pretty but deadly or pretty deadly!

12.01.2022 Another couple of pieces from Denise and Alain. A Rose Gold filled wire wrapped Moldavite pendant and a Rainbow Obsidian pendant.

12.01.2022 Welcome to the club Grant and Ellice who have done a great job working on their first stones as part of the beginners course. Ellice is working on a piece of Picture Jasper and Grant is shaping Prase.

11.01.2022 There is always something new to learn. This Chameleon wire wrapped pendent made by Brian W from the Rockingham Districts Gem & Rock Hunting Club has two sides to its beauty. Brian has cleverly laminated two quite different stones together, made a double sided cabochon from it and then skilfully hidden the join with this wire wrapping. An idea that has a lot of surprising applications. This pendant along with a second piece was purchased from Brian at the recent Rockingham Districts Gem & Rock Hunting Club’s open day.

11.01.2022 Its amazing what happens when you shine a light on your rocks.

11.01.2022 This collection of rings were made by club member Fiona. Practising the tube setting technique taught by Max. A set of stacker rings with cubic zirconias. Great to see skills taught at one of our extra Sunday workshops being put to good use. Beautiful work Fiona.

10.01.2022 The third and final ( for now ) look at sand. This time a bit closer to home.

10.01.2022 One club member, that has a full time job these days, has been working quietly at home on her own projects.

10.01.2022 Nearly ready for the first day of the Exhibition. Just the final setting up of the stalls to go. Don’t forget the area out the back with a new venue for the members stalls, Glass, Beading and Kids Sand Pit. We have even renovated the front of the Club with new rendering and paint.

10.01.2022 Another glass project on a plant theme. Tricia has been using copper glass paint to create abstract lillies and then full fusing the paint to glass. The final stage ( not yet complete ) involves slumping the glass into a mould to create a plater, plate or dish. This is done by heating the glass again in the kiln to the temperature required to let the work slump down and take on the shape of the mould it is sitting on before slumping.

10.01.2022 Doors open 10:00am. Make sure you check out the new areas out the back. Large shed with members tables. All areas under cover when the rain comes on Sunday. What better thing to do on a rainy day.

09.01.2022 Nominations have now closed for Club Committee positions for the AGM to be held on Saturday 12th September 2020. As only the nominations for Ordinary Committee Memebers received more nominations than the available positions a vote will be required to elect the 8 Committee Members. With an aim for fairness the positions on the ballot paper were decided by this ballot draw.... As there was only one nomination for each of the positions of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer no vote will be required for each of those roles. As for all the Subsidiary positions there were no positions with more than one nomination, so there will be no vote required for those positions. A few Subsidiary positions had no nominations at present, therefore nominations for those positions will be called for from the floor at the AGM. Thanks go to all those members who have nominated for these positions and their commitment to our club.

09.01.2022 Put this in your calendar and share with friends. COVID killed our plans for our much anticipated Exhibition over two weekends in June. This will not be the usual full Exhibition but will have most of the same experiences over two days. More details will follow soon.

09.01.2022 New members Debbie and John have just finished their Lapidary course. They now have the skills to start on their own creative stone cutting. Well done! All new members wanting to work in the Lapidary workshop are required to complete the Lapidary course which covers safe use of all the equipment and a full range of different techniques.

09.01.2022 The beautiful, wonderful and weird.

08.01.2022 Setup for the Christmas Sale is happening. Doors open 10:00am until 3:30pm Saturday 14th November. Then again Sunday 15th November open at 11:00am until 3:30pm. ( Don’t you just love the State Government trading hours ) EFTPOS will be available for purchases. Free entry.

08.01.2022 Just a reminder that Max Butcher is teaching a workshop on Sunday 22 Nov ie next week at 9 am. The topic is tube setting and the cost is $30. Max will provide the materials and you will make a ring with a tube setting. There is a vacancy so please contact Priscilla Shorne on [email protected] if you would like to attend

08.01.2022 A follow up on the first post about School of Rocks sand collection. You would have to travel a lot further to see this lot. Pretty!

08.01.2022 A set of Lapis Lazuli earrings from a club member. It would be great to have more members message through some of their work so that it can be put up on our Facebook.

08.01.2022 Monday Lapidary works in progress. Hexagonal Tiger Eye in preparation for a bracelet. A bunch of heart shaped fridge magnets being prepared for family Xmas gifts. A variety of free form stones by two different people.

08.01.2022 Some beautiful pieces from Saturdays Art Metal workshop. Lapis lazuli ear rings and an intricate Tree of Life wire weaving.

08.01.2022 What do Osso Buco Copper and Peridot have in common? Not a lot unless you are like Alain and Denise and you just finished a meal of Osso Buco and thought We could bleach one of these Osso Buco bones and make some jewellery from it. I mean who wouldnt have thought that? This is the result of that thought, a bone, copper and peridot ring. Beautifully creative and interesting.

08.01.2022 Some recent works in progress from the Lapidary workshop.

07.01.2022 It is so great to see the enthusiasm of new members working on the Lapidary course. This beautifully executed collection of stone has been recently completed by Peter. I look forward to posting more of Peter’s work now that he can continue with his own projects.

06.01.2022 A few of the special treasures that are up for sale today. Doors open 10am. Don’t miss the raffle for 2 nights accommodation in Mandurah.

06.01.2022 I wonder how many of the obsessed rock collectors following this Facebook actually have a collection of Sands? Robert from School of Rock has an impressive collection of sands along with his equally impressive collection of fossils. Im starting with this sand from closer to home in Western Australia and will include some fossils when time permitting. Sands arent just sands!

06.01.2022 Flummoxed by feldspar. Feldspar is the most abundant group of minerals found in the crust. Feldspars make up a whopping 41% of the continental crusts weight... alone! Within the feldspar group there are three main end-member compositions (potassium feldspar, sodium rich albite and calcium rich anorthite) and 12 individually recognised feldspar minerals. The geochemical structure and chemical similarity of potassium, calcium and sodium allows for many intermediate composition feldspars to exist, with a continuum of minerals forming between the potassium and sodium feldspars and a second continuum forming between the sodium and calcium feldspars. Inter growths of different feldspar compositions can also occur. Inter-growths occur when a crystal of potassium feldspar, intermediate in composition between potassium and sodium end-members chemically separates (exsolve) into irregular distributions of more sodium-rich albite feldspar within the more potassium-rich feldspar grain. Most typically the host grain will be microcline with white albite intergrowths. When this phenomena occurs the overall feldspar is called Perthite In this example of Perthite the host microcline is green in colour due to small quantities of lead and water impurities and is named Amazonite. This single mineral specimen represents two end member compositions and four seperate mineral names. Flummoxed yet? #EarthCapture #Geology #Geoscience #Geochemistry #Geologist #GeologyRocks #Rocks #Rock #Crystals #Crystal #CrystalHealing #Minerals #Mineral #Mineralogy #Petrology #Igneous #Feldspar #Potassium #Sodium #Calcium #Perthite #Amazonite #Microcline #Albite #Anorthite #Exsolution #SchoolOfRock #SinceTheBeginning See more

05.01.2022 Here is a bit of a contrast to Gavins previous knuckle duster scary spider ring. A man of many talents with this elegant tube setting.

05.01.2022 Great news for 'glassies' - from Saturday 21st November we will be offering a brand new AFTERNOON session. This will run from 1pm-4pm on Saturday each week. Workshop fee and kiln fee payable to attend, as per all other sessions. For existing members, the session is on TeamUp ready for you to book into. For our new members - please reach out for TeamUp instructions so that you can book into your sessions online.... We are looking forward to welcoming more people into our amazing Glass Workshops.

04.01.2022 A lot of us might have been to see Stromatolites before but what are they?

04.01.2022 Some information about the Western Australian Lapidary and Rock Hunting Club. There are four main areas of activity at the club, Lapidary, Art Metal, Glass and Beading. Expert tuition and courses are given in all these areas by our volunteer supervisors. Swipe images left and right to see mores.

03.01.2022 If you didnt make it to this then you need to wait until the Western Australian Lapidary and Rock Hunting Clubs 2021 Exhibtion in June. Stay tuned for any possible market days later this year COVID permitting. A few small treasures from our visit today to the Kalamunda Lapidary Clubs Exhibition weekend. They are still open today ( Sunday 6th September 9:30am to 4:30pm ) well worth a visit. Unfortunately our Exhibition which should have been held in June wasnt able to go ahead due to COVID-19 restrictions. At least you can help support another club.

03.01.2022 The AGM is complete for another year. Many thanks to the outgoing Committee of 2019 - 20 and welcome to the new team for 2020 - 21. With 85 members present at the AGM and 28 postal votes it indicates a healthy club which is well supported by its members. A big thank you to the Ladies from the Social Committee for the after meeting food. A great finish to an excellent day.

02.01.2022 Monday morning is the Lapidary supervisors workshop. Time to get some of those projects finished. Finally completed a Double sided cut of Tiger eye, Hematite and Jasper

02.01.2022 Sometimes there is a story behind what we make. Rick was given this Goldstone by the mother of a Nepalese friend. Rick brought it home to Australia to make it into a pendant. The mountain near her house is called Fishtail Mountain, a Hindu Holy Mountain. Rick has shaped the pendant like the mountain, which is shown on the front of a childs book. The opal has been added as a full moon rising over the mountain. The pendant has now been sent back to the Mother who gave Rick ...the Goldstone. Sometimes its about the Story Thanks Rick

02.01.2022 What would you do if you found a Huntsman Spider? Capture it and Make it into a ring? Probably not! But that is what Gavin did, capturing all the beautiful details in a silver casting then making this stunning but perhaps scary ring. This would freak out anyone with Arachnophobia but the workmanship is amazing.

02.01.2022 For those that missed out on the Western Australian Lapidary and Rock Hunting Clubs annual Exhibition.

02.01.2022 Deb Woolrich made this tube set ring in Max Butcher's workshop

01.01.2022 Some variations on a theme from Gavin. Looks like Snowflake Obsidian, Red Jasper, Black Jasper and Chrysoprase.

01.01.2022 Just some examples of member’s work as we approach the Christmas Sale on the 14th and 15th November.