Members are active in aspects of stone cutting. That is their finished goods are stone or related materials (fossils, synthetics, etc.) that they have taken from a rough to finished form. This includes but is not limited to cabbing, faceting, carving, etching and forming beads. Also jewelry applications as they apply to lapidary items.

To promote the lapidary artist based in the USA. To promote and inform the public of appropriate disclosure of materials and processes as per the Jewelers Board of Trade and the Federal Trade Commission. And to educate potential lapidarists and jewelers of all kinds.