Jim Perkins

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Jim Perkins

JIM PERKINS:
LAPIDARY LEGEND

Jim Perkins has been cutting stones since the sixth grade. Largely self-taught, Jim was receiving repair work from jewelry stores by the time he was in junior high school. Since that time, he has designed numerous original cuts, authored 16 faceting books, and has been published in Rock and Gem Magazine, Lapidary Journal, USFG, as well several other clubs and guilds. Often imitated- but never duplicated, we are proud and honored to have a sampling of Mr. Perkins’ stones featured in the AP Colored Stones gallery.