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? In January, a staff member at Gosman’s Fish Market in Montauk, Long Island, was shucking clams when he discovered a rare pearl. Finding an intact pearl in food preparation is uncommon because most clams are shucked mechanically and any pearls are lost or destroyed. This pearl weighed 27.78 carats and measured a whopping 18.9 x 11.32mm – that’s slightly larger than a dime! GIA confirmed that the extraordinarily large pearl formed naturally. Source: 
June: Pearl - Produced in the bodies of marine and freshwater mollusks either naturally or cultured by people with great care. Lustrous, smooth, subtly-colored pearls are jewelry staples, especially as strands. Alexandrite: The color-change variety of the mineral chrysoberyl. Bluish green in daylight, purplish red under incandescent light; hard and durable. Top quality examples are rare and valuable.
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