We are a small retail business. We have been in business since the 1960's when we started out in Harbor Springs, Michigan. We moved to the Upper Peninsula 6 years ago and are just loving it. We have a little shop that is open in the summer time in the little town of Trout Lake.
We do several lapidary (gem and mineral) shows each year.
We specialize in Petoskey stones, Lake Superior Agates and many other minerals. We also sell some collectibles and antiques.
I love to do Watercolors and have studied under Helga Flower of Sault Ste Marie. She is a wonderful teacher.
I just recently became interested in carving soapstone and think it is something that I want to pursue further.
Many a person may ask, Why collect Rocks? All they do is sit and collect dust! We collect them for their beauty. Have ever stopped and looked at a rock. Even an ugly one will have something unusual about it. Just think when you pick that rock up, chances are it's several hundred thousand years old. Take the Petoskey Stone, it's a fossil coral. When you pick them up when they are dry, they look like an ugly rock. Spit on it or wet it and you can see the "Eyes" that are its character. Then polish it and the beauty comes out. Every one is different. Some have dark eyes, some light, some soft and some are harder. They make beautiful jewelry too. Perhaps a paperweight for your bosses desk. So in a nut shell, that's why we collect rocks. Sure they sit around and collect dust, but when you pick it up and dust it off, all that beauty comes back. You perhaps remember just when you found that rock and where.
In business for over 40 years
BJ's Lapidary
It all started when we found a Petoskey stone back in the 1960's. Can you believe that! We started out polishing Petoskey stones by hand. Eventually got saws and grinders. And it went from there.
Gem and Mineral Shows we will be at this Fall - 2008
Gem and Mineral shows we will be at this fall - 2008.
Fall shows: Holland, Michigan, September 12, 13, and 14th. Greater Detroit Gem, Mineral, Fossil & Jewelry Show - October 10,11 & 12. Flint Rock and Gem Show - October 18th and 19th Central Michigans Gem Show - October 24, 25 and 26
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Walking along the water's edge, who among us has not stopped to admire the evocatively patterned, shaped, and multihued stones that beckon? Fun to collect and free for the taking, beach stones are objects of contemplation, beauty, and sentiment. This exquisite volume-at once a gorgeous art book and a nature guide-presents more than 200 exceptional stones from around the world and describes the fascinating natural processes that produced them.
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Holly Keller has created vivacious new paintings for this favorite Reading Rainbow title about geology. Readers follow two enthusiastic rock hounds around the globe as they add to their collection. Along the way they will learn how sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks are formed. From the Egyptian pyramids to Roman roads, from the diamond ring on your finger to the pebbles under your feet'rocks are everywhere!
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Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones provides both the connoisseur and the casual collector with a compact, easy-to-use volume describing more than 100 rare varieties of minerals whose beauty and mystery have possessed our imaginations from time immemorial. More than 450 brilliant photographs accompany profiles of each gem, covering such aspects as appearance, physical properties -- density, hardness, refraction -- occurrence, and how to judge quality and value. Additional sectio...0 points
Many people search the shores of Lake Superior for the elusive agate. Some wait for the warmth of summer to walk the shores and others brave the cold winds on early spring and maybe even January to see if they can come up with the big one. After searching all day, they may have found a "big" agate, but more than likely it will be a few small ones.
Many people just come back with some pretty beach stones, which they are happy to tumble in their tumblers.
Hello world. I'm new at this. My husband and I have a little lapidary business in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We sell minerals and lapidary supplies. We sell Lake Superior Agates, Petoskey Stones, Green...
Hello world. I'm new at this. My husband and I have a little lapidary business in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We sell minerals and lapidary supplies. We sell Lake Superior Agates, Petoskey Stones, Greenstones and many other rocks and minerals.
We also sell postcards, many Michigan.
I paint and love to do Watercolors. Just this past summer I discovered carving in soapstone and find it very rewarding. I hope to venture into this more.
It all started when we found a Petoskey stone back in the 1960's. Can you believe that! We started out polishing Petoskey stones by hand. Eventually got saws and grinders. And it went from there. 
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