Activities
We have a wide variety of facilities at the club rooms
Cabochon Room
We have all the necessary equipment to allow members to cut traditional cabochons. From rock saws, grinders, sanders and polishers. We also have the necessary saws for more specialised material such as opal.
Faceting Room
The club has a separate faceting room with 12 faceting machines. Members are provided with their own dops and all the necessary laps and grits to complete their own faceted stones
Jewelery Making Workshop
Our jewelery room is equipped with the tools to undertake a variety of jewelery making, silver-smithing and other metalwork, enameling, carving, cutting, shaping and soldering. We have a Kiln room to enable casting.
Mineral Group
Member with a particular interest in Minerals meet on the evening of the 3rd Wednesday of the month to focus on their particular interest.
Competitions
The club runs several competitions for those members keen on improving their skills through competition.
We have annual internal competitions for both cabochon cutting and faceting. Our annual jewelery competition is held in conjunction with our Exhibition
NDLC have been long supporters of, and competitors in the Victorian Combined Gem Clubs GEMKHANA and the Australian National GEMBOREE
Field Trips
Due to the COVID restrictions of the last couple of years we have not been active with field trips, but it is hoped that we can start getting out and about again in the future.