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Gemology and Jewelry: Lapidary Mid‑importance

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Comments[edit]

I've made some additions y'all may like, but I've changed some statements about the term "lapidary" that I think don't agree with good dictionaries. Page History will reveal my meddling. The arts of a sculptor or stone-mason are generally too broad in scale to fall within the definition, is the main change I've made. Mount Rushmore may be stonework, I thought, but it's not really lapidary. Wetman 19:29, 6 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I made some spelling and other minor changes and added information about the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society Show in Arizona. 4 Oct 2005. Rick Dalrymple rockshop@rocks4u.com www.rocks4u.com

LapidaryNews.com appears to be a dead hypertext link as of this time. It wasn't on the AOL search engine. Maybe their server is just down. So, I won't take the liberty of deleting it until it is checked and certified as being out of service on a permanent basis. T.E. Goodwin 05:10, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I added 3 dictionary links and incorporated some of those extra meanings, and "lapidarist" into the first paragraph. I also attempted to clarify. Needs more cleanup. The arcane term/topic: "Hardstone carving" prolly shouldn't be there, (in a lede section or quasi-stub) —except for talk of a merger. Also I think it wrongly describes-emphasizes a lapidarist as a stone cutter when in fact he is typically an object creator (such as jewelry).
--68.127.92.191 (talk) 09:09, 22 June 2012 (UTC)Doug Bashford[reply]

Hardstone carving is now the standard museum term for many of the larger objects produced, including ones that count as jewellery. The term lapidarist seems inescapably somewhat vague, & is probably just as arcane to those without an interest in the subject. I have modified the text slightly. Johnbod (talk) 09:16, 22 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Interwiki conflict[edit]

The Hungarian interwiki link (hu:Lapidárium) has a different meaning (a "museum" for stones). The other languages should be checked, and the interwiki graph shold be split in two. --Tgr 11:06, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

History of Lapidary Machine[edit]

I placed information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapidary_machine that may be deleted. If anyone is interested in merging it (prior to deletion), that would be wonderful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Twillisjr (talk • contribs) 04:16, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

merged with hardstone carving ??[edit]

Quote: "It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Hardstone carving."

Disagree, "hardstone carving" is not about the verb; "carving," aka lapidary. I started in "hardstone carving," and was frustrated, it seemed off topic. And I've never heard that term before, so I presume it's jargon (of historians?). see also: http://www.yourdictionary.com/lapidary
--68.127.92.191 (talk) 08:28, 22 June 2012 (UTC)Doug Bashford[reply]

Also oppose this merge proposal, which has not been set up properly, with nothing at Hardstone carving. I think the article explains adequately why this is a wider term. I think it can now be removed after 3 months with only 2 opposes. Johnbod (talk) 08:55, 22 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge proposal[edit]

Merge Gemcutter into Lapidary. The two are used as synonyms, and the Gemcutter is a long-standing unreferenced article. Any distinctions between the terms can be discussed on the one page. Klbrain (talk) 13:54, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 14:35, 13 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]