1/12If you'll pardon the pun, the Mackay Gem and Craft Society club really is a hidden gem waiting for more residents to become aware of it at 3 Leisure Crt, South Mackay. Picture: Heidi Petith
Interested in crystals, gemstones and fossils?
There’s a Mackay club where you can learn how to cut, grind, tumble, polish and facet your own pieces
2/12Mackay Gem and Craft Society member Alison Friswell faceting a quartz stone. Picture: Heidi Petith
3/12Mackay Gem and Craft Society member Kelven Gillam polishing a piece of petrified wood at the clubhouse. Picture: Heidi Petith
4/12Mackay Gem and Craft Society member Kelven Gillam with petrified wood, standing in front of the many reading materials available to members. Picture: Heidi Petith
5/12Some of the stunning crystals kept at the Mackay Gem and Craft Society club. Picture: Heidi Petith
6/12Some of the already faceted pieces created by members of the Mackay Gem and Craft Society. Picture: Heidi Petith
7/12Examples of the labradorites, zircons, sapphires and topaz that can be facteted, tumbled or made into cachabons at the Mackay Gem and Craft Society club. Picture: Heidi Petith
8/12The beautiful agates housed at the Mackay Gem and Craft Society club. Picture: Heidi Petith
9/12Some examples of the silversmithing that you can learn at the Mackay Gem and Craft Society club. Picture: Heidi Petith
10/12Mackay Gem and Craft Society member Ted Haynes faceting a stone. Picture: Heidi Petith
11/12Mackay Gem and Craft Society secretary Barry Townsend with some of the stones that can be purchased by club members to work with. Picture: Heidi Petith
12/12Mackay Gem and Craft Society member Jill Butler melting a piece of opalised wood onto a 'dock stick' using wax. Picture: Heidi Petith
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