The lapidary shop is available to HGMS members over the age of 18. To use the shop, you must first take a lapidary certification class. Then you can visit the shop during any of the open hours. Please be aware that because the shop is in the Senior Center, some hours are open to seniors only.
Monday:
- 7:30am-9:00am, Open Lab: Lapidary – Certified HGMS 60+
- 9:00am-Noon, Silver Jewelry – Ron West, Instructor – Seniors & HGMS 60+
- Noon-4:30pm, Open Lab: Lapidary – Certified HGMS 60+
- 6:00pm-9:00pm, Open Metalsmithing – Certified HGMS 18+
Tuesday:
- 7:30am-9:00am, Open Lab: Lapidary – Certified HGMS 60+
- 9:00am-Noon, Silver Jewelry – Ron West, Instructor – Seniors & HGMS 60+
- Noon-3:00pm, Silver Jewelry – Terry Clarke, Instructor – Seniors & HGMS 60+
- 3:00pm-4:30pm, Open Lab: Lapidary – Certified HGMS 60+
- 6:00pm-9:00pm, Open Lapidary – Certified HGMS 18+
Wednesday:
- 7:30am-4:30pm, Open Lab: Lapidary – Certified HGMS 60+
- 6:00pm-9:00pm, Lapidary & Jewelry Classes – Certified HGMS 18+
Thursday:
- 7:30am-9:00am, Open Lab: Lapidary – Certified HGMS 60+
- 9:00am-11:30am, Silver Jewelry – Ron West, Instructor – Seniors & HGMS 60+
- Noon-3:00pm, Wood Carving – Copeland, Instructor – Seniors & HGMS 60+
- 3:00pm-4:30pm, Open Lab: Lapidary – Certified HGMS 60+
- 5:30pm-9:00pm, Metalsmithing Classes – Certified HGMS 18+
Friday:
- 7:30am-12:00am, Open Lab: Lapidary – Certified Seniors & HGMS 60+
Did You Know? About 10% of the million plus tons of natural graphite mined annually goes into making the common #2 pencil. Source: 
September Birthstone: Sapphire: A variety of the mineral corundum. Depending on its element content, sapphire may be blue, yellow, green, orange, or purple. Red corundum is ruby, while pink corundum can be either ruby or sapphire, depending on its locale. Sapphire may show a six-rayed star when cut as a cabochon.
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