[Rockhounds] Lapidary rough and supplies in Ontario

[Lapidry at aol.com]

Jenn:
 
You and I are in basically the same category, since I live near Rochester,  
NY. We live in an area that doesn't produce much lapidary material. As a 
result,  there are far fewer people involved in lapidary in this area than in areas 
with  raw material that can be collected, such as the west coast. Supply 
follows  demand and the number of dealers has dropped significantly in the last 
couple  decades. Best bet has really become eBay. Next best bet is to go to your 
local  shows and hope to run across a couple dealers who are still carting at 
least  some of that heavy rough around with them to shows and hope it hasn't 
been  picked over for the last 30 years.
 
The only relatively new lapidary dealer in our immediate area in the  last 
decade or so does the vast majority of his business over eBay. As such, he  has 
a lot of great material because he's always getting new stuff in. His name  is 
Vaughn Nagle and he lives in Adams Basin, NY and sells very extensively on  
eBay. He does, however, allow people to come to his very large shop, by  
appointment, to select stuff in person. I don't have his e-mail off hand but  know 
someone I can get it from if you are interested in a road trip across the  
border. He's about 60 miles from the border at Niagara Falls. Vaughn doesn't do  
shows.
 
I have no financial interest in Vaughn's business so this isn't an ad for  
him, just a recommendation. His selection is very good and his prices tend to be 
 reasonable, plus he's a great guy to work with.
 
Let me know if you need his e-mail or have any questions....
 
Dan
 
 
In a message dated 7/4/2008 10:17:16 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jwolfe_3 at yahoo.com writes:

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!


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