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Suppliers
First-party shops for rough stone, slabs, cabbing equipment, and tools.
34 listings
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SupplierArrowhead Lapidary Supply
Wellington
Wellington, Ohio online and phone-order lapidary supply house selling cabbing machines, combo units, slab and trim saws, tumblers, saw blades, belts, discs, laps, polishes, tumbling grit, rough and cut agates through its own cart, with printed prices (for example Diamond Pacific Genie $2,380, CabKing 8-inch $2,499, Covington 18-inch slab saw $5,208, Ohio-made Roc-Crystal Automatic Cabbing Machine $6,200, 10-inch sintered saw blade $85.75) and a 30-day return policy.
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SupplierBey's Rock Shop Online Store
Bechtelsville
A family-owned rock shop in Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania (since 1961) that sells through its own WooCommerce store with a cart and printed prices. For lapidary and tumbling it sells rough by the piece (for example Brazilian amethyst, carnelian, iolite, moonstone, kunzite), agate and petrified-wood slabs, about 100 finished cabochons, and tumbled stones, along with minerals, fossils and geodes. The walk-in store is open Tuesday–Saturday.
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SupplierCabKing
Westmont
Westmont, Illinois maker of CabKing 6″ and 8″ cabbing machines, sold complete with diamond wheels, with printed dollar prices and a U.S. factory assembly note.
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SupplierCopper Canyon Lapidary & Jewelry
Sedona
A small Sedona, Arizona lapidary business that sells cabbing and carving rough, faceting rough, slabs, turquoise rough and finished cabochons through its own WooCommerce store with a shopping cart, and also offers slabbing, cabbing and sculpting services. It carries on ColorWright.com, a rock-cutters' supplier since 1996 that Mike and Courtenay Beck took over in 2018. Printed prices on the check date included bloodstone rough from India at $11.25 a pound, chevron amethyst rough from Brazil at $12.00 a pound, Arizona rainbow petrified wood rough at $3.50–$10.00 a pound and a quarter-inch Australian nunderite slab at $30.00.
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SupplierCovington Engineering
Meridian
Meridian, Idaho maker of lapidary equipment: rock saws, tumblers, grinders and flat laps, sold direct from the official Covington shop.
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SupplierDiamond Pacific
Barstow
Barstow, California manufacturer of lapidary equipment — Genie, Pixie, Titan gem makers, Nova wheels, tumblers, and blades — sold from the official shop.
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Facetron (Fac-Ette Manufacturing)
Martinez
A Martinez, California maker of the Facetron and GemMaster faceting machines, Fac-Ette Manufacturing, which sells them directly through its own online shop and cart at facetron.com. It also sells index gears, dops, transfer jigs, motors, laps and books. Examples on the check date: the complete Facetron Kit at $4,599.00 (build time about 6–8 weeks), the GemMaster Kit at $7,999.00, Facetron index gears at $100.00 and the BigJig transfer fixture on sale at $299.00 (regular $350.00). The About page says the machines date to 1974, are 100% made in the USA, and passed from the founding Jarvi family to the Yeager family in 2023.
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SupplierFred's Rock Shop
Putney
A Putney, Vermont rock shop and lapidary workshop run by Fred McKenny, selling tumbled and polished stones, crystals, mineral specimens, slabs and handmade jewelry through its own online store with a cart, with printed prices (for example an amethyst cluster at $90 and tumbled petrified wood mini logs at $16–$22). Orders ship by USPS flat rate within the lower 48 states ($18 under $100, free at $100 or more). The shop is open Saturdays 10 a.m.–4 p.m. or by appointment.
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SupplierGearloose Lapidary
Tempe
A Tempe, Arizona maker and online seller of faceting laps, polishing compounds, lubricants and faceting tools. It was founded in 1997 by Jon "Gearloose" Rolfe, whose BATT tin-alloy lap became its core product. It sells through its own Shopify store with a cart and printed prices, for example BATT faceting lap from $199.00 (both sizes sold out on the check date), BA5T lap from $249.00, Darkside, Greenway and Matrix composite laps from $115.00, Zinc Plus prepolish lap $169.00, Tin Plus polish lap $249.00, BATTSTIK oxide compounds from $29.00 and PANDIMONIUM diamond compounds $19.99–$35.00. US orders ship by UPS.
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SupplierGOTCHA ROCKS
Lanesboro
A Lanesboro, Minnesota jewelry and lapidary online shop (GOTCHA ROCKS / gotcharocks.com) with a first-party WooCommerce cart and posted prices for CabKing lapidary machines and attachments. Examples on the check date included the CabKing 6" lapidary / cabbing machine on sale at $1,399.00 (regular $1,499.00, in stock with Add to Cart) and the CabKing 6" trim-saw attachment at $370.00 (in stock). Run by goldsmith and jewelry designer Michael Seiler; the wider catalog also includes cut cabochons, jasper and related stone goods.
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SupplierHi-Tech Diamond
Westmont
Westmont, Illinois manufacturer of U.S.-made lapidary saws, cabbers, and flat-lap style machines sold from the official Hi-Tech Diamond shop.
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SupplierHighland Park Lapidary
Whitinsville
Official Whitinsville, Massachusetts shop for Highland Park slab saws, trim saws, cabbing machines, diamond blades, and related lapidary tooling with on-page dollar prices.
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SupplierInland Craft
Westmont
U.S. manufacturer-direct shop for Inland diamond grinders, SwapTop flat-lap/cabbing setups, DB-100 band saws, and accessories with printed dollar prices.
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SupplierJ.H. Kalmore Company
El Paso
J.H. Kalmore in El Paso sells Mexican minerals and lapidary rough by the pound — agates, jaspers, obsidians, geodes. Mail order and by appointment. Stock list and prices on the shop site.
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SupplierJesco Products Lapidary Online Store
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City maker and seller of graded silicon carbide tumbling grit and polishes, sold through its own PinnacleCart store with printed prices, for example 5 lb of 80, 220 or 600 grit silicon carbide ($28.50–$34.50, free shipping), a $25.50 grit trio, cerium and tin oxide polishes ($21.50–$47.50) and a $15.50 rock polishing mini kit. It ships within the continental U.S. with a $10 minimum order.
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SupplierJohnson Brothers Lapidary
Orange
Orange, California first-party lapidary abrasives and equipment shop that manufactures its own JBFC diamond wheels, notched-rim saw blades, belts, discs and related tools in-plant, with printed online prices, while also stocking select other brands.
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Kent's Tools Jewelry & Lapidary Tools & Supplies
Tucson
A Tucson, Arizona jewelry and lapidary tool store, Kent's Tools, with a walk-in shop at 2745 North 1st Avenue and its own online shop and cart at kentstools.com. It sells lapidary equipment and supplies (CabKing cabbing machines, diamond saw blades, Hi-Tech Diamond and Inland products, diamond powder and paste) alongside jewelry-making tools. Examples on the check date: the CabKing 6" Cabbing Machine at $1,499.00 (sale, from $1,699.00) and the CabKing 8" at $2,499.00 (sale, from $2,699.00), both with free shipping. The site says it is an authorized dealer of brands including CabKing, HiTech, Inland and Covington Engineering. Store hours are Tuesday–Saturday 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
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Kingsley North
Norway
Norway, Michigan lapidary supply house for cabbing machines, slab saws, tumblers, abrasives, and rough, with a public shop and official catalog.
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SupplierLapidary Mart
Sheridan
A Sheridan, Wyoming online lapidary equipment retailer founded by a rockhound named Terry. Its own Shopify store has a cart and printed prices for saws, blades, cabbing and grinding machines, flat laps, tumblers, laps, polishes and tools from Covington Engineering, Inland, Hi-Tech Diamond, Lightning Lap, CabKing, Tumble Bee and others. Examples on the check date included the Covington 18 Inch Heavy Duty Slab Saw at $6,199.00, the Hi-Tech Diamond 10 Inch Slab Saw at $899.00–$999.00, the Hi-Tech Diamond 6 Inch Trim Saw at $549.00–$607.00, the Lortone QT6 Rock Tumbler at $325.00, Covington Red Sintered Diamond Saw Blades at $23.00–$155.00 and Lightning Lap D'Lite Diamond Laps at $59.99–$148.99.
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SupplierLapidaryCentral
Olympia
Olympia, Washington first-party online lapidary-rough and used-equipment shop (LapidaryCentral) with published product prices (for example San Carlos agate rough from $13.99 half-pound / $18.99 one pound; PNW petrified wood from $5.99 half-pound / $9.99 one pound), Monday–Friday 10 a.m.–6 p.m. PST phone hours, and no walk-in retail floor.
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Lortone
Mukilteo
A US maker of rock tumblers, trim saws, polishing arbors and packaged tumbling abrasives, Lortone, which sells directly through its own online shop and cart at lortone.com. Examples on the check date: the 3A Rotary Tumbler at $130.00, the 33B Rotary Tumbler at $195.00, the QT6 at $325.00, the C40 Commercial Tumbler at $1,295.00, the TS10-C Trim Saw at $989.00 and the Lu6X-130 Combination Machine at $1,250.00. The About page says Lortone has made lapidary machines in America since 1978, in the Northwest. Its Contact page warns that Lortone and its authorized distributors do not sell on Amazon.
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SupplierMJR Tumblers
Pecatonica
Pecatonica, Illinois first-party U.S. rock-tumbler and grit manufacturer (MJR Tumblers) with published shop prices (for example medium-base tumblers with grit kits from $360–$415; single-barrel tumblers from about $350–$575; 60/90 silicon carbide grit from $14.76), phone 815-516-1288, and a two-year warranty note on product pages.
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SupplierRichardson’s Rock Ranch
Madras
Madras, Oregon first-party rock shop and lapidary-rough yard (Richardson Agate Co. LLC) at 6683 NE Hay Creek Rd, with a published per-pound rough price list (for example Priday thundereggs $3/lb, Crazy Lace $5/lb, BC Jade $35/lb), posted seasonal hours, and in-person sales only for rough rock.
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SupplierRockTumbler.com
Lemont Furnace
A family-run online rock tumbling supplier in Lemont Furnace, Pennsylvania, from the team behind Geology.com, selling Thumler's and Lot-O tumblers, silicon carbide grit, polish, media and staff-tested tumbling rough through its own shopping cart. Printed prices on the check date included a Thumler's A-R2 two-barrel tumbler at $209.99, 60/90 coarse grit at $6.99 a pound and Dragon Blood tumbling rough at $11.99 a pound. It ships only within the United States.
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SupplierSan Juan Gems Rock Shop
Cortez
Cortez, Colorado family rock and lapidary shop, in business more than 50 years, selling rough rock, slabs, gem and dinosaur bone, cabochon templates, diamond burs and discs, and cutting supplies from its own retail store and online shop, with printed prices.
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SupplierSanta Fe Jewelers Supply
Santa Fe
A family-owned jewelry and lapidary supply house in Santa Fe, New Mexico, open since 1987, selling lapidary equipment, diamond saw blades, gemstones and rough turquoise through its own online store with a cart, alongside metals, findings and tools. Printed prices on the check date included a 10-inch CabKing diamond saw blade at $35.95 and rough Carico Lake natural turquoise at $4.95 per 20-gram bag. It also has a 6,000-square-foot showroom open Monday–Saturday.
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SupplierStone Age Industries
Powell
Powell, Wyoming family-owned lapidary supplier in business since 1985, selling Covington, Diamond Pacific, Thumler's Tumbler and Rociprolap machines, MK Diamond saw blades, abrasive grit, tumbler parts, rough rock by the pound and cabbing slabs through its own online cart, with printed list and sale prices (for example Diamond Pacific Genie $2,950 list / $2,360 sale, Covington 10-inch trim saw $1,695 / $1,441, Covington 18-inch slab saw $6,200 / $5,270, 46/70 grit $4.25, Brazil agate slabs $4.95 an order) and shop visits by appointment Monday–Thursday.
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SupplierSUVA Lapidary Supply
Kokomo
Kokomo, Indiana family-run online lapidary equipment and supply dealer (SUVA Lapidary, LLC) selling cabbing machines, wheels, saw blades, tumblers and abrasives from Diamond Pacific, CabKing, Hi-Tech Diamond, Inland, MK Diamond and others, with printed shop prices (for example Diamond Pacific Galaxy wheels $103.00–$258.63, Mini-Sonic vibratory tumblers $425–$940, CabKing 6-inch cabbing machine $1,499–$1,599) and same/next-day shipping on in-stock items.
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SupplierThe Gem Shop
Cedarburg
Cedarburg, Wisconsin rock shop and lapidary supplier founded in 1971 by Eugene Mueller, selling rough rock by the pound, tumbling rough, cabbing slabs by the 1 lb lot, cabochons and Rhino Lapidary machines, wheels and laps through its own Shopify cart, with printed prices (for example Kambaba jasper rough $6 a lb, Graveyard Point plume agate slabs $20 a 1 lb lot, a 6-inch bonded diamond wheel $74.99, the Rhino Lapmaster 12-inch $1,650), a 30-day return policy and what it calls the largest rough-rock inventory in the Midwest, over 100,000 lb.
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SupplierThe Rock Peddler
Marlborough
A mail-order lapidary equipment and supplies retailer in Marlborough, Massachusetts, owned and operated by Jeanne Ridolfi and serving lapidaries since 1977 (the site says it has sold by mail since 1991). Its own WooCommerce shop with a cart sells brands such as Diamond Pacific, Covington, Crystalite, CabKing, Inland and Hi-Tech Diamond, covering cabbing and faceting machines, saws, saw blades, laps, diamond wheels, polishes and tumblers, with printed prices. It is a mail-order business, not a walk-in store.
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SupplierThe Rock Shed
Keystone
Keystone, South Dakota family-owned rock shop and online lapidary supplier near Mount Rushmore selling cabbing machines, slab and trim saws, diamond blades, tumblers, rough and cutting rock, slabs and South Dakota agates, with printed shop prices (for example CabKing-6V3 $1,399.00, Diamond Pacific Genie $2,600.00, Covington 18-inch slab saw $6,200.00, 10-inch 301 diamond blade $150.00) and a walk-in store at 515 1st Street.
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SupplierThumler's Tumbler
Flemington
Flemington, New Jersey maker-direct shop for Thumler's rotary rock tumblers (MP-1, A-R1, A-R2, AR-6, A-R12, Model B), Ultra-Vibe vibratory tumblers, grit, parts, and tumbling rough, with printed dollar prices on official product pages.
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SupplierThunderbird Supply Company
Gallup
A Gallup, New Mexico jewelry-making supply company founded in 1971 with a first-party online cart and posted prices for lapidary equipment, including CabKing cabbing machines and a 6-inch lapidary trim saw. Examples on the check date included the CabKing 6" cabbing machine at $1,449.99, the CabKing 8" cabbing machine at $2,499.00, a 6-inch lapidary trim saw with blade at $460.00 and a dopping station at $39.75. Family-owned, with walk-in stores in Gallup and Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Flagstaff, Arizona.
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Ultra Tec Faceting
Santa Ana
Santa Ana manufacturer-direct shop for Ultra Tec V5/VL classic faceting machines, Fantasy and Glass Tec systems, with printed dollar list prices on official product pages.