Bulletin 2025-03-01
Annual General Meeting is scheduled for April 13.
New mailing address! See the right-hand sidebar.
March On-Line Auction March 23-30
The March newsletter has some details about the upcoming on-line auction March 23-25, 2025. Watch for the e-mail and announcement with more details, including the official URL. Anyone can register and bid. Close to the start date, you will find the auction at this link. Please come take a look and happy bidding.
This will auction have slabs, cabochons, mineral specimens and jewellery among other things from donations to the club and creations by club members.
Electronic submissions (item descriptions and photos) must be e-mailed to Vice-President Matthew Poirier at auctions@olmc.ca.
Physical items must be delivered to the workshop or to President Kerry Day at 101 Promenade Avenue, Nepean, by March 15, or earlier if you need Kerry to photograph it for you.
Purchased items can be picked up at 101 Promenade Avenue, Nepean, Ontario. If you want your items shipped, then send the club $20 first, plus all of the details of the shipment.
Under club rules for auction consignments, the club member sets the minimum bid and keeps 80% of the proceeds. There will be a maximum of 10 lots/club member (5 bid + 5 buy). You can bunch items together to form one lot. They must be delivered to a designated address (sent to club members by e-mail), and will be stored in a secure area.
For more information, contact auctions@olmc.ca.
- Guidelines for Online Auction Submissions
- Auction Member Consignment Form
- Auction Member Consignment Form (print out only)
- Account Setup Guide for 32Auctions
History of the Club
The Ottawa Lapsmith Club was founded as a small interest group in 1966. The club incorporated in 1997 and amalgamated with the Ottawa Valley Mineral Association to form the Ottawa Lapsmith & Mineral Club, thus expanding its field of interest to minerology as well as the many facets of lapidary work. Our club also organises an Annual Gem & Mineral Show in September each year, and it is always a big hit with local residents and rockhounds alike. New members are welcome to join at anytime. Any questions? Feel free to contact us with your questions and we will do our best to answer to your fullest satisfaction.
About the Club
Normally, our club maintains a well-equipped workshop in Ottawa. The workshop is used for meetings, courses, and as a place where members can work independently during supervised workshop hours. The machinery available includes saws, flat laps, silicon carbide and diamond wheel grinders, faceting machines, silversmith tools and tumblers. A small Newsletter is free to members. From time to time, there are demonstrations, field trips and other special activities. Collectively, our members have a wealth of talent and knowledge, which they are always willing to share with beginners and advanced users alike. Club members 14 years old or older can use machines. It is recommended that new members take the club course on cabochon making and safety from one of two official instructors, or demonstrate expertise from an equivalent course of study. Meetings are held in the workshop. We welcome everyone with an interest in mineralogy, jewellery or gemstones.