How we started
Stone Age Industries was founded in 1985, and ads were placed in Lapidary Journal and Rock and Gem magazines to advertise our products. We are now online with our semi-precious gemstone rough, slabs, cabochons, fossils, fossil slabs, gifts, crystals, minerals, equipment and lapidary supplies. Most of the lapidary equipment has been given or will be discounted from the manufacturers retail price, from outstanding manufacturers such as Covington Engineering Corp., Thumler's Tumblers, Diamond Pacific Tool Corp., and Rociprolap, now owned by Covington Engineering Corp. Lapidary articles on basic instruction are listed under the category, Lapidary Tips, a popular feature for those working with rocks, such as how to tumble, how to lap, and much more. For payment of your order, we accept MasterCard and Visa, money orders and checks, if you reside in the U.S.A. or Canada. We also accept PayPal payments, which accepts a variety of payments such as American Express, Discover card, MasterCard, Visa, and checking account withdrawal. It is your responsibility to notify PayPal to make a payment for the order. When you have set up an account with PayPal, you are able to shop many online stores without giving a multitude of stores your credit card information. After your PayPal account is set up, you just open your PayPal account and click on "Send Money", and type in our business e-mail stoneage@tritel.net, and the amount of the order. PayPal will notify us when approval is made, and your order will be shipped. If using a U.S.A. check for payment of your order, it will take a week to ten days to clear before your order can be shipped. Orders from foreign countries need to send a bank wire transfer for payment of the order. Please inquire by e-mail and the payment amount with shipping charges can be totaled for approval. We are normally mail order only, but if you would like to visit the shop, please call to make an appointment. We are opened Monday through Saturday from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. if an appointment is made in advance. Stone Age Industries is a member of the Powell Chamber of Commerce. Thank you for visiting the web site and hope you find items of interest. We look forward to being of service. Contact Stone Age Industries by e-mail

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Ordering and clarification:
When an order of one is placed in the Shopping Cart, under Rough Rocks for Cabbing, this is usually an order of one pound. A few rough items are listed by one ounce and will be stated in the description of the product. If you want a five pound chunk of rock instead of five pounds of assorted sizes, clarify the order via e-mail or phone call if needed. We'll do our best to fill your order as preferred. Please do so promptly, since orders go out as soon as possible. When ordering SLABS, one slab order will contain five square inches minimum, approximately, such as 1" x 5" or any such combination as to make 5". If you order two, you may get one slab with seven square inches and one slab with three square inches or one slab with 10 square inches or any combination to make the 10 square inches. Here again, if you need a certain size, let us know. The pictures of the rough and slabs for the most part are samples of the material you will receive, not the actual rough or slab. We have literally tons of material and thousands upon thousands of slabs and cannot possibly make a web page for each item. We look forward to sending you an order you will be satified with, but returns are accepted, if returned as shipped. No highgrading of material is allowed. Just pay for the return freight with insurance in case the package is lost or pilfered. You may exchange the items or request a refund. A 10% restocking fee is charged if the items are returned for credit only. Thank you and hope we may be of service.