Lapidary to talk about diamonds

FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society’s Sept. 8 meeting will feature a talk on diamonds. The club has a potluck at 6 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. Speaker Meg Berry, of GIA, will give a presentation on “Uses of Diamonds in Lapidary (Gem Cutting) Arts.”

Berry is an award winning lapidary and has a lapidary business called Megagem. She is not only a master of faceting gems but is also a master carver. She received international fame for cutting the largest emerald crystal recovered from the shipwreck of the Spanish Galleon Atocha....