[Rockhounds] Lapidary rough and supplies in Ontario

[Tim Jokela Jr.]

Hi Jenn,

Your best bet for lapidary rough and equipment is Robert Hall Originals in 
St.George. He's just off the 403 near Brantford, and has the largest 
rockshop in Ontario if not Canada. Hundreds of tons of rough plus some 
minerals, fossils, beading supplies, and everything you could ever imagine 
made out of pewter. Anything you need that he doesn't have can be ordered 
in. Great guy, great place to visit.

800-360-2813
http://www.roberthalloriginals.com

There are one or two other places but I don't have their info at my 
fingertips. Find out who's closest by joining a local club, of which there 
are a bunch in Toronto, listed at:

http://www.ccfms.ca/Online_Resources/canada_clubs.htm#ONTARIO

I'm fairly sure none of them have summer meetings, but some have an 
extensive field trip schedule so if that interests you get in touch with 
them asap.

Lastly, a great way to find dealers is at gem and mineral shows. The 
Bancroft Gemboree is at the end of July; Scarborough is in Sept/Oct?, London 
in November, etc.

Cheers,

Tim Jokela Jr., tjokela at execulink.com
Pleasure: http://www.ontariominerals.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer Wolfe" <jwolfe_3 at yahoo.com>
To: <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 10:16 AM
Subject: [Rockhounds] Lapidary rough and supplies in Ontario


> Hi I'm new to the site and have been pouring over each email trying to 
> soak in as much information as possible.
>
> I've just purchased a Genie grinder that I'm hoping to use to make some 
> lovely cabs from my ever growing collection of rocks.  My problem is that 
> my collection is from everywhere else but where I live.  Does anyone know 
> of a local supplier in the Toronto/ Southern Ontario area that I can 
> purchase lapidary supplies from?  It seems silly with the population we 
> have around here that I can't find anything.  Anything I have found online 
> seems to have gone under!  I had to order stuff from Calgary just so I 
> could use my saw!  Any help would be most appreciated!
>
> Jenn the newbie!