Introduction

 It has always been difficult to find decent quality rough rock here in the UK.  I had a few friends and relatives that also wanted to find material so, back in the mid-1980's, I started a small, part time business in order to gain access to wholesalers and importers.  Those friends and relatives became my first customers and eventually I built up quite a reasonable customer base.  Any profit was used to buy more rock or to advertise in the now defunct lapidary magazine, GEMS.

 Then I had to change jobs and move to Cambridgeshire.  As housing in this area is more expensive there was no longer space for a proper workshop or display area and, as my new job was more demanding, all the rock was more or less abandoned in a shed that had originally been constructed as my workshop. 

Today

 A while ago I began to re-establish the business and get back into the hobby of lapidary. 

 The workshop was tidied, rock sorted and my saw, tumbler and vibro-lap resurrected.        I also began to buy more material in order to replenish stocks and we are now in a position to welcome visitors most days.

 We can be found a few miles south of Cambridge but please drop us a line or call beforehand.  Alternatively, contact us by e-mail with your requirements and we'll do our best to supply your needs, though we'd much prefer that you paid a visit and select the material yourself.

 The following pages list the rock that is currently available, and I hope that the descriptions provide a realistic impression of the quality.  The photographs are of actual pieces in stock at the time that the page was generated.  Apologies if the pictures are not that great, I don't claim to be a photographer.

 We are still in contact with a few of our original sources and are trying to find new, reliable suppliers, so if there's anything specific that you're trying to locate we can try to help.  As time passes we hope to be able to offer a wider range of material and at the same time we'll do our best to keep prices as low as possible.

 If you know of anyone that has retired from the lapidary hobby and is looking for a home for their left-over material please ask them to make contact.   If it's good quality rough and is suitable for slabbing we might be interested in making an offer.  This is one way that we've managed to keep prices down in the past.