Ottawa Lapsmith & Mineral Club

Ottawa Lapsmith & Mineral Club Welcome to The Ottawa Lapsmith & Mineral Club's page! Our club maintains a well equipped 1500 sq. ft.

workshop in which courses are run and in which club members can work independently during supervised times during the week. Club operating hours:

Monday -
Stone Carving (the first and third Monday of each month): 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Tuesday -
Silversmithing: 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Wednesday -
General Lapidary (slabbing, cabochon making, stone carving, flat lapping and faceting): 6:30 p.m. to 9:30

p.m

Thursday -
General Meeting (every second Thursday of each month, except July and August): 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Friday - (depending on supervisors' availability, please call or look for confirmation on our page)
General Lapidary (slabbing, cabochon making, stone carving, flat lapping and faceting): 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m

Saturday -
General Lapidary (slabbing, cabochon making, stone carving, flat lapping and faceting): 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m

Hours and functions are subject to be changed, please call ahead to confirm.

The workshop is open Saturday, June 13, 20-4 pm for general lapidary. Today’s work in progress.
06/13/2026

The workshop is open Saturday, June 13, 20-4 pm for general lapidary. Today’s work in progress.

The workshop is open Thursday, June 11, 6:00-9:00 pm for faceting. This a sunstone, felspar with copper, made from roug...
06/11/2026

The workshop is open Thursday, June 11, 6:00-9:00 pm for faceting. This a sunstone, felspar with copper, made from rough that was purchased at the Tuscon gem show many years ago.

Our club gem and mineral show is just 100 days away, Sept. 19-20, at the Nepean Sportsplex Curling Rink.
06/11/2026

Our club gem and mineral show is just 100 days away, Sept. 19-20, at the Nepean Sportsplex Curling Rink.

06/11/2026

Hintonburg ArtPark Saturday, June 13, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, at 366 Parkdale Avenue. Club member Jean-Guy Bradette will be there, so go and say hello.

Send a message to learn more

The workshop is open Wednesday, June 10, 5:00-9:00 pm for general lapidary.
06/10/2026

The workshop is open Wednesday, June 10, 5:00-9:00 pm for general lapidary.

The workshop is open Tuesday, June 9,10-2 pm for lapidary, 6:30-9:00 pm for silversmithing. The photo is of square copp...
06/09/2026

The workshop is open Tuesday, June 9,10-2 pm for lapidary, 6:30-9:00 pm for silversmithing. The photo is of square copper wire and beads.

The workshop is open Saturday, June 6, 10am to 4pm for general lapidary. Tuesday evenings, many silversmiths use these ...
06/06/2026

The workshop is open Saturday, June 6, 10am to 4pm for general lapidary. Tuesday evenings, many silversmiths use these tools.

Thw workshop is open Wednesday 5:00-9:00 pm for general lapidary. This is a Mexican fire opal cabochon made by a club m...
06/03/2026

Thw workshop is open Wednesday 5:00-9:00 pm for general lapidary. This is a Mexican fire opal cabochon made by a club member, who dug up this stone himself during a club rockhounding trip.

Lost Hope Mine has feldspar, quartz, calcite, BIF, fuchsite, and more.Nothing metallic, though. The owners are willing ...
06/01/2026

Lost Hope Mine has feldspar, quartz, calcite, BIF, fuchsite, and more.
Nothing metallic, though. The owners are willing to deliver stone from the Southern Abitibi Greenstone belt, Kirkland Lake area to Ottawa. Give them a call if you are interested.

Lost Hope Mine Ltd. is a privately owned Canadian mineral exploration company advancing high-impact precious and base metal projects in Ontario’s prolific Abitibi Greenstone Belt. Our strategy harnesses modern geoscience, historic datasets, and systematic field work to deliver de-risked, drill-rea...

06/01/2026

Seeking flint/chert for Girl Guide troop. A scout leader is looking for samples to provide to the scouts. Does anyone have some to spare? If so, please drop it off at the workshop.

Address

136F Billings Avenue
Ottawa, ON
K1H5K9

Opening Hours

Tuesday 6:30pm - 9pm
Wednesday 5pm - 9pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+16138505486

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