The Lapidary Club of Northern Tasmania is a not-for-profit club that provides an environment where people with an interest in fossicking for gemstones, rocks, fossils and jewellery making can get together and share their interests and skills with each other. The club has up-to-date lapidary machines and equipment to facilitate cutting and crafting gemstones into beautiful polished pieces. Field Trips are offered to allow members to learn to fossick for gemstones such as Smokey Quartz, Petrified Wood/Fern, Sapphires, Topaz, Agate, minerals and fossils.

The club also produce the Launceston Gem and Mineral Show held annually in November at the Elphin Sports Centre, winning the Launceston City Council’s Event of the Year in 2023.