The Scottish Mineral & Lapidary Club
| Name | The Scottish Mineral & Lapidary Club |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Website | http://lapidary.org.uk/ |
| Description | The Scottish Mineral & Lapidary Club has been running since 1958 and centres around our own workshop, dedicated to the crafts of Lapidary, Faceting and Silversmithing. The Club has revived and fostered one of the traditional crafts of Scotland as well as providing a workshop and meeting place, such as was once an integral part of life in the Edinburgh closes. As the name suggests the Club is not solely a mineral or lapidary club but an amalgamation of a majority of sciences and crafts associated with rocks. During the 19th Century Edinburgh was a thriving centre of the lapidary and jewellery trades, turning out high quality ‘pebble jewellery’ from a ready supply of ‘Scotch pebbles’ or agates and Cairngorm stones. The First Lapidary Club in the UK, our aim is to carry on the Scottish lapidary tradition. |
| Year founded | 1958 |
| Areas of interest | Minerals, Lapidary |
| Some Nearby localities | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
 | Salisbury Crags, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | 3.2 km (2.0 miles) |
 | Arthur's Seat, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
 | Blackford Hill Quarry, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | 6.2 km (3.9 miles) |
 | Orrock Quarry, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, UK | 13.5 km (8.4 miles) |
 | Goat Quarry, Aberdour, Fife, Scotland, UK | 14.1 km (8.7 miles) |
 | Long Craig Island, Fife, Scotland, UK | 15.1 km (9.4 miles) |
 | Green Cleugh, Pentland Hills, Midlothian, Scotland, UK | 16.7 km (10.4 miles) |
 | Aberlady Point, East Lothian, Scotland, UK | 18.8 km (11.7 miles) |
 | Garleton Hills mine, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, UK | 23.2 km (14.4 miles) |
 | North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland, UK | 29.4 km (18.3 miles) |
