Come see us at the following shows:

Bancroft, ON: 48th Annual Rockhound Gemboree  July 28th - 31st. North Hastings Community Centre, Curling Club, Bancroft, ON, tel 613-332-1513 ext 17 

The store will be open for business as usual during the above show(s)

21 May 2011

• Capilano Rock & Gem will be closed Monday May 23rd for the Victoria Day holiday

4 January 2011

Just in - a new shipment of jeweller's tools and displays for your jewelry. Many types are available including the necklace stand shown here (10" high, $11.95)

A Very Happy New Year to our Customers!

After a wonderful Christmas we are back and looking forward to looks like a great 2011! We've barely put away the Christmas ornaments away and already we've been working on landing our first shipments of 2011.

Happy New Year everybody!

21 December 2010

• Swarovski - we are pleased to introduce several new colors in this popular crystal: Air Blue Opal, Alexandrite, Crystal Metallic Blue 2x, Crystal Light Gold 2x, Crystal Moonlight, Crystal Red Magma, Cyclamen Opal, Dark Indigo, Fern Green, Greige, Indian Pink, Jet Nut 2x, Opal (Pacific), Provence Lavender, Sunflower. (Go to our Swarovski page to view these new colors!)

	Just arrived - Roadside Geology of Southern British Columbia by Bill Mathers and Jim Monger $24.95

20 December 2010

• MINERAL SALE - This week only, 25% off on all mineral specimens priced $ 100 +, 1/3 off all mineral specimsns priced $ 1,000 + (The "fine print" - all sales final, sale price includes all discounts)

11 December 2010

• It is our privilege to introduce Owen Ross McDonald born to long time staff member Elana Promislow and her husband Blair McDonald. A little brother for Sammi. He weighed in at 8 lbs. Congratulations to all of you!

10 December 2010

• Santa has come to Capilano Rock and Gem and we continue to get new shipments in. This week's shipments include silver wire and sheet metal plus jewellers' tools from EuroTool

22 November 2010

• We are daily bringing out new stone beads! Plan on checking out our New Arrivals area on your next visit.

15 November 2010

• More new arrivals in stone beads, fresh water pearls and silver / gold-filled findings!

11 November 2010

Capilano Rock & Gem will be closed in honour of Remembrance day (Thursday November 11th)  

25 October 2010

• Thanks to all our friends and customers who we met at the Fraser Valley Bead Show last weekend - we had a great time and look forward to seeing you next year (and of course at the store between now and then!)

1 November 2010

• We have received new shipments of stone beads, silver findings and Pepe tools including the very popular Pepe Jump Ringer blades

1 November 2010

• November Freshwater Pearl Clearance Sale - November 1st through 13th. 10% off all gold tags, 20% off round white tags, 30% off blue and yellow tags. Hundreds (thousands?) of strands of pearls to go - we have a good variety of sizes and pearls. (Please note that this is a clearance sale meaning that all sales are final on clearance items)

• We have received new shipments of stone beads, silver findings and Pepe tools including the very popular Pepe Jump Ringer blades

19 October 2010

• Due to market conditions it has been necessary to raise the price of our silver wire and sheet metal.  Prices remain unchanged on disks and bezel cups. We will be closely monitoring silver prices during this highly volatile period.

• SPECIAL: Sterling silver casting grain remains at 75 cents per gram (65 cents on orders 300+ grams). This is below the current 'spot price' and is on existing supplies only.

15 October 2010

• New shipments have arrived of Lortone lapidary equipment and sterling and gold filled findings.

20 September 2010

• We have many new arrivals in stone beads, pearls and silver beads

18 August 2010

• We have received new shipments of silver wire and sheet metal, stone beads and books 

28 July 2010

• Capilano Rock & Gem will be closed Monday August 2nd for BC Day

• Ontario customers - come and see us at Bancroft this weekend!

23 July 2010

• We've restocked on silver wire and sheet metal and on jewellers' tools

19 July 2010

• A special thank you to everyone we met at the Sudbury Gem show!

8 July 2010

• Two new shipments of sterling silver findings are in including a big new selection of chains

• Today marks one week of our new point of sale system which is already showing results in better handling of in-store customers and orders. Long-term we expect this to help us with faster turnaround of orders and inventory

16 June 2010

• June Swarovski sale - we are clearing our #2000 and #2012 flat backs - great savings available on Swarovski factory packs

• We've received new shipments of silver wire and sheet metal, Lortone tumblers and lapidary equipment and Softflex products

11 June 2010

• Check out our links page which contain some of our favorite pages - these will be of interest to anybody interested in jewelry making and mineral enthusiasts

3 June 2010

• We've received a new shipment of Beadalon products including some price reductions on selected items.

• Please check our updated specials page which features Amethyst "cave" clusters

25 May 2010

• Thank you to our customers for your patience during our website's down time during May 23-24. We're now mostly back to normal but are still repairing a few graphic links. We'll have everything back to normal 'real soon now'. Thanks again for your patience during what was a frantic time for us!

10 May 2010

• We've received new shipments of Silver wire and sheet metal, books and Eurotool jewellers' hand tools

3 May 2010

• Thanks to our Alberta customers for making the Calgary Gem, Mineral & Fossil show such a success for us. See you next year!

10 February 2010

• New arrivals: Silver wire and sheet metal - prices reduced

20 January 2010

• New arrivals: Eurotool jewellers' tools, Sterling chain and findings, adhesives

9 January 2010

• Come see us on Facebook! (a Facebook account is needed to fully see the page)

• We have now introduced Fine Silver and Argentium Silver in the most popular sizes of round wire

• Check out our recent price reductions on Lortone lapidary products - these are permanent reductions and not a sale!

8 December 2009

• Check out our new Swarovski mini-FAQ (frequently asked questions)

1 December 2009

• Christmas has begun at Capilano - come check out our selection of unique gifts at the store

• We have restocked our supply of Silver wire and sheet metal. Please note that due to market increases, we have had to increase our price on silver.

5 November 2009

• We have now received our largest fall shipment of stone beads - more than a ton (literally - 1200 kgs) of new beads. We are working extremely hard to get these new beads out on display. We will be continuing to bring new beads out until everything is out. Among the new stock are several new styles and stones so don't miss out!

27 October 2009

• We have received a new shipment of Craft Wire in 20 gauge, 24 gauge, 26 gauge (NEW!), 28 guage spools

17 October 2009

• We have received new shipments of Sterling Silver findings and chains

9 October 2009

• We have received new shipments of stone beads - these shipments will be of particular interest to those interested in facetted stone beads

11 September 2009

• We have received new shipments of Lortone Lapidary Equipment and Eurotool Jewellers' tools

9 - 11 October 2009

21 August 2009

• We have received new shipments of silver wire and sheet metal and Softflex including the new Champagne color

20 July 2009

• Thanks to those who came to see us at the Sudbury Gem and Mineral Show July 17-19 and the Bancroft Gemboree July 30 - August 2 and we look forward to seeing you next year!

3 July 2009

• We have received new shipments of Silver findings and chains, silver wire and sheet metal, and Pepe tools including the large sizes of disk cutters

25 May 2009

• We have received new shipments of Copper findings and chains.

• We have received a new shipment silver wire and sheet metal. This shipment includes a small amount of fine silver (0.999 purity) which will be of interest to those reticulating

23 May 2009

Andrea and her husband Shane are pleased to announce the birth of their son Ryland Eric Holmgren at 11:54 pm on May 23rd.  He was born at Surrey Memorial Hospital and weighed in at 8 lbs., 10 oz. Mom and baby are doing well. Our congratulations to all three of them!

2 - 3 May 2009

Thanks to all of our old friends and new who came to see us at the Calgary Gem Show - we look forward to seeing you next year

2 - 3 May 2009

10 April 2009

We will be closed Good Friday April 10th and open Saturday April 11th and Monday April 13th

9 April 2009

Our floor manager Andrea Holmgren leaves us for maternity leave. We wish her a safe and not too stressful leave!

8 April 2009

We have received a new shipment silver wire and sheet metal.

1 April 2009

We have received a new shipment of fresh water pearls

4 March 2009

Our spring shipment from PepeTools is in and we have our new supply of the very popular Pepe Disk Cutter and much more! We also have Pepe's Euro-Ring Forming and Bending Tool, their premium Magnetic Third Hand and last but certainly not least a $395.00 combo featuring Pepe's Jump Ringer plus a genuine 1/6 HP reversible Foredom 2230 Flex Shaft Kit.

24 February 2009

• We have received new shipments of Silver findings and Silver chains.

• We have also received a shipment of stone beads which are going out on display as quickly as possible.

• Those interested in Bali style silver will find this shipment especially exciting.

With regret we have had to take our base metal findings pages offline temporarily as cost increases (both from the manufacturer and due to the Canadian dollar's decline) have necessitated price increases. We'll have these pages back up again real soon now!

10 February 2009

We have received new shipments of Rock Tumblers and Lapidary Equipment. We are back in stock on both the very popular Tumbler model 3A and plastic pellets

15 January 2009

We have received new shipments of Silver Wire and Sheet Metal and Sterling Silver Bali-style beads

1 January 2009 Happy New Year!

The holiday season is over and we're off to an exciting New Year. We have a number of new items in stone beads which we are getting out and we're getting ready for a great spring season. Watch this space for details in the weeks to follow!

Merry Christmas! 24 December 2008 - 1 January 2009 Happy New Year!

Capilano Rock & Gem will be closing at 3 pm Monday December 24th (Christmas Eve) and will be re-opening at 9:30 am Friday January 2nd.  On behalf of everyone at Capilano Rock & Gem, thank you for your patronage in 2008. Our compliments of the season to all our customers and friends and our hope that this season will be a time of refreshment and that everyone has a safe and prosperous New Year.

2 December 2008 - Stone Bead Sale

Special price reductions of 10 - 30% on specially tagged stone beads through December 24th! Many new styles of beads and pearls are now out on display. In addition we have marked down most of our largest mineral specimens by 25%

26 November 2008

We continue to bring in new stone beads in a variety of shapes and sizes!

14 November 2008

We have received the following new arrivals:

    Stone Beads

    Sterling Silver Findings - we have received two shipments of chains and clasp findings including a new supply of Copper Bali-style beads

11 November 2008

This year Remembrance Day falls on Tuesday, November 11th.

Capilano Rock & Gem will be closed in honour of Remembrance day and open November 10th and 12th.

21 October 2008

This year's version of the Fraser Valley Bead Show is now history and we want to thank our many friends for making this show a success for us. We look forward to seeing you all next year and hope to see most of you from time to time at the store throughout the year!

We have received a new shipment of Books

15 October 2008

We have received the following new arrivals:

    Gift Boxes

    We have received a small supply of the very popular Pepe disk cutter set. Customers interested in these should bear in mind that we have been back-ordered for more than six months on this item by the manufacturer and no promises can be made on availability when the present stock is sold out. This is a manufacturer-related issue beyond our control - we are back-ordered for many more than we have so far received

1 October 2008

We have received the following new arrivals:

    Stone Beads - these are mostly the Indian-style higher-end beads which will be of interest to anyone who prefers facetted beads - this is a LARGE shipment and while we have most of it on display now, it will take up to a week to get the rest of it out for sale

    Fresh Water Pearls

    Bali-Style Silver Beads plus a selection of Indonesian Silver Beads

    EuroTool tools

    Beadalon stringing thread and carded Silk thread

9 September 2008 - Silver Wire and Sheet Metal price reduction

We have cut our prices on silver wire and sheet metal to respond to a drop in the international silver market. Please see our Silver page in the Metals section for details.

9 September 2008 - Fall Bead and Pearl Sale

Until September 30th we are having a 20% off sale on selected stone beads and pearls. As per our normal practice during sales, all sales will be final with no layaways! Personal shopping only please.

28 August 2008

Capilano Rock & Gem has become a Softflex Master Distributor - click here for the news release. This does not represent a radical change at Capilano Rock & Gem but marks us as Softflex's primary distributor in Western Canada. Softflex is the preferred choice of jewelry designers looking for strength and flexibility in their beading designs.

22 August 2008

We have received the following new arrivals:

    Sterling Silver Findings - we have received a major shipment of chains and clasp findings

    Silver wire and sheet metal, Gold Filled wire, Copper, Brass and Nickel Silver Wire

    Jarvi Ring Mandrels - including the very popular Rounded Square and Modified Rounded Square designs

9 August 2008

We are now home from our eastern show tour and would like to particularly thank those who we met in Sudbury, Toronto and Bancroft.

We have received the following new arrivals:

    Books

    Softflex Beading Wire

    Stone Beads - new supplies are being brought out daily and we expect to have new beads to show every day in the coming week

9 July 2008

We have received the following new arrivals:

    Lortone Lapidary Equipment

    Sterling Silver Findings - we have received a major shipment of chains and clasp findings

30 June 2008

We have received the following new arrivals:

    Stone Beads - this is the first of several new shipments and if you like facetted beads this is definitely not to be missed!

    Fresh Water Pearls - this is the first of our new summer season

    Sterling Silver Findings - New Bali-style Silver Beads

Collectively this is our largest (or second largest) shipment of 2008 so far.

2 June 2008

We have received the following new shipments:

    Sterling Silver Findings

    Euro Tool brand jewelers' tools

    Pepetools brand jewelers' tools

5 May 2008

The 2008 Calgary Gem & Mineral show is now history and we want to thank our customers who came to see us at the show. Planning for the 2009 show is already underway and we look forward to seeing you in Calgary next year.

4 August 2007

Capilano Rock & Gem will be closed Monday, August 4th in honor of British Columbia Day

3 July 2008

NOTICE: We've replaced our fax machine so our fax line (604-987-5303) is now back up and running. Thank you for your understanding and we apologize for any inconvenience during the past two days.

30 June 2008

NOTICE: Our fax machine has broken down so please do not fax us as we are not able to receive your message. We're doing our best to get it up and running again but in the meantime please use another method to contact us. Thanks!

1 July 2007

Capilano Rock & Gem will be closed Tuesday, July 1st in honor of Canada Day

6 June 2008 - Spring Stone Bead Sale

Come and get 20% off on all colored tag Stone Beads through June 28th. Personal shopping only and all sales final on sale items. Sorry - no holds or layaways during the sale. We have a wide selection in dozens of stones and styles.

We have received the following new shipments:

    Silver wire and sheet metal, Gold Filled wire, Copper, Brass and Nickel Silver Wire

    Sterling Silver Findings and chains

19 May 2008

Capilano Rock & Gem will be closed Monday, May 19th in honor of Victoria Day

1 May 2008 - Spring Pearl Sale

Come and get 20% off on all colored tag Fresh-Water Pearls for the month of May. Personal shopping only and all sales final on sale items. We have a wide selection in all sizes and styles.

24 April 2008

We have received the following new shipments:

    Silver wire and sheet metal, Gold Filled wire, Copper, Brass and Nickel Silver Wire

    Sterling Silver Findings, Bali style beads in both sterling silver and copper

    Euro Tool brand jewelers' tools

    Pepetools brand jewelers' tools

21 March 2008

Capilano Rock and Gem will be closed for Good Friday. We will be open both Saturday (22 March) and Monday (24 March). Have a Happy Easter!

10 March 2008

Come check out our selection of new fresh water pearls and Copper Bali-style beads!

3 March 2008

We have received the following new shipments:

    Silver wire and sheet metal, Gold Filled wire, Copper, Brass and Nickel Silver Wire

    Czech glass beads

    Euro Tool brand jewelers' tools

29 February 2008

    We have updated our mineral specimens and fossils page

    Please check out our sterling silver disks and sterling bezel cups

    Effective March 3rd we have had to raise our prices on Sterling Silver and Gold Filled wire and sheet metal products. This was made necessary by market prices which are now more than 10% higher than previous 20 year highs and more than 35% higher since December 2007. We continue to monitor the situation closely for developments.

19 February 2008

    Our shipment of sterling silver chains is now on display. Besides the familiar styles, we have several unusual and one of a kind chains.

    We have also now finished putting out our new shipment of stone beads.

    Come see our new arrivals of mineral specimens and fossils

14 February 2008

We are currently putting out our new shipment of stone beads - in the coming days you can expect to see many new styles of beads on display. We have received our second shipment of tools this week.

11 February 2008

We have received a shipment of jewelers' tools including the Pepe Tools Jump Ringer and Crystalite diamond drill bits.

7 February 2008

    We have received a new shipment of jewelers' tools and have restocked our supply of silver findings

25 January 2008

    We have received a new (small) shipment of pewter findings and a (large) shipment of books. Please see our book page for a list of new arrivals.

    Check out our SPECIALS page for big savings on Softflex Beading Wire!

5 January 2008

PRICE REDUCTION - Prices have been reduced on Beadalon Bead Stringing Wire. This is a permanent change and not a special.

3 January 2008

    We have received new shipments of silver findings (including a selection of finished silver chains), jewelers' tools and silver wire and sheet metal

    CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: We are looking for new staffers to join our sales team. Part-time is available though preference will be given to full time candidates at this time. Applications are being received in the store - no agencies or telephone inquiries please.

2 January 2008  Happy New Year!

Thank you to all our customers for their Christmas and New Year's good wishes. We are now back to our regular hours of business after having been closed between Christmas and New Year.

Merry Christmas! 24 December 2007 - 1 January 2008 Happy New Year!

Capilano Rock & Gem will be closing at 3 pm Monday December 24th (Christmas Eve) and will be re-opening at 9:30 am Wednesday January 2nd.  On behalf of everyone at Capilano Rock & Gem, thank you for your patronage in 2007. Our compliments of the season to all our customers and friends and our hope that this season will be a time of refreshment and that everyone has a safe and prosperous New Year.

19 December 2007

Within the past week we have received new shipments of Pewter findings, Sterling Silver wire and sheet metal, Glass Beads (ask us about our new blown glass line!) and Base Metal findings

11 December 2007

We are full-scale into our Christmas season and our "elves" have been shipping orders fast and furious. We now have our full selection of pearls out and are nearly done bringing out the few stone beads that remain.

19 November 2007

     We have received a new shipment of Jewelers' tools

     We have received TWO shipments of Sterling Silver & Gold-Filled chains and findings

     We have received a shipment of Copper Bali-style beads

     Stone beads: we have received the first of two large shipments of stone beads and pearls. For the benefit of those who have been calling us, this is the shipment you have been calling about! Between the two shipments we have more than a TON (1400 kilos actually) of new beads

8 November 2007

Please check out our specials page - this is a new feature and will include special purchases of all sorts. This month's special includes several items from our Hematite line.

7 November 2007

     We have received a new shipment of Sterling Silver & Gold-Filled chains and findings

     We have received a new shipment of Silver Wire and Sheet Metal.

31 October 2007

Friendly service with a smile! Some of our staff (Jessica and Elizabeth) observe Halloween...

29 October 2007

     We have received a new shipment of beading cords in Waxed Cotton and Leather.

     We have received a new shipment of Hematite and Magnetic Hematite beads.

19 October 2007

     We have received a new shipment of Swarovski crystals. Customers interested in these should check our Swarovski page for "new and improved" pricing on these items. There are some new colors and styles of stones as well so watch our Swarovski page for further details.

    We have added a page to our site showing our selection of Lortone saws and lapidary equipment. This is not a new product line but is  new to our website.

15 October 2007

Thanks to everyone who came to see us at the Fraser Valley Bead Show October 12-14. We had a great time and got a chance to say hi to a lot of you, both long time customers and first-time customers and we look forward to seeing all of you at next year's show. Early details on the 2008 show are available at www.fraservalleybeadshow.ca

10 October 2007

PRICE REDUCTION - Prices have been reduced on Bali-Style silver and Silver wire and sheet metal. This is a permanent change and not a special.

11 November 2007

This year Remembrance Day falls on Sunday, November 11th.

Capilano Rock & Gem will be open for business on Monday, November 12th.

9 October 2007

    We have received new shipments of Silver Wire / Sheet Metal, Silver Findings and Lortone Tumblers and Equipment

4 October 2007

    We have received new shipments of Stone Beads and Pearls

15 September 2007

Long-time staffer Elana Promislow and her husband Blair McDonald are pleased to announce the birth of their first child, a daughter Samantha Anne at 6 lbs., 15 oz. Click here for pictures

Elana has also created a gallery on her Facebook page which can be seen at Elana's Facebook Gallery.

A Facebook account is NOT needed to see these pictures!

14 September 2007

    Come check out our new shipment of hand tools!

    We have received two new shipments of Silver Findings and Chains

3 September 2007

Capilano Rock & Gem will be closed Monday, August 6th in honor of Labour Day

31 August 2007

    We have received a new shipment of books

    We have received a new shipment of Pewter Findings

17 August 2007 

    Check out our selection of Czech Glass beads including the unique "Las Vegas" colors

    While in the store come see our mineral specimens (sorry - we don't have room to show more than a minimal selection online)

14 August 2007 

We have received new stock in Sterling Silver findings, Pewter Findings, Softflex and Beadalon

13 August 2007 

We are now home from our Ontario Gem Show Tour (please see News Archives for details). Thank you to our eastern customers

for a successful sales trip.

6 August 2007

Capilano Rock & Gem will be closed Monday, August 6th in honor of British Columbia Day

2 August 2007 

Come check out our display of Euro Tool and Bead Smith products!

18 July 2007 

Swarovski Crystal Components - Please check our "new and improved" prices which have been slashed to get more of your business!

14 July 2007 

Softflex 24kt Gold Flex Wire

We have obtained a small supply of this specialty wire in the 0.024" thickness that has been out of stock by the manufacturer since Softflex's plating operation was forced out of production by Hurricane Katrina.

At the present time Softflex is concentrating on filling ALL dealer backorders for the Extreme 925 product so they do not plan on re-releasing 24kt Flex wire until they are caught up. We believe our stock to be an exclusive until then. Softflex representatives have confirmed we should not expect re-supply of the .014" and .019" sizes of this product before September at the earliest.

7 July 2007                        Softflex Extreme 925 Sterling Silver plated wire is back!

7 July 2007

We are pleased to announce the introduction of two new colors in Softflex Wire: Copper and Antique Brass

7 July 2007

We have a new supply of Sterling Silver Chains and findings

1 July 2007

Capilano Rock & Gem will be closed Monday, July 2nd in honor of Canada Day

29 June 2007

The Management and Staff of Capilano Rock & Gem would like to send our congratulations to our Floor Manager Andrea Harrison on her Wedding Day!

18 June 2007

Stone bead and Pearl Sale: 10% off on all Yellow tagged Stone Beads and Pearls (in-store shopping only)

15 June 2007

We have just received our re-supply of Silver wire and sheet metal.

14 June 2007

Special Announcement:

Capilano Rock and Gem was founded in May 1976 by Chuck and Phyllis Craver. We expanded in 1987 from 800 to 2400 square feet in 1987 in our original location and expanded again when we moved to our present location in 1993. We were saddened by the death of our mother Phyllis Craver in January 2005 but have carried on and expanded the business since then.

Lyle and Brian Craver are pleased to announce we have completed the purchase of Capilano Rock & Gem from our father and wish him our best for a long and happy retirement. As we move ahead we want to particularly thank our many long time customers for their continuing patronage through the years. In the next few months our #1 goal is to enhance customer service. Two of the ways we will be working to improve customer service are by further enhancing our website and introducing a new point of sale system later this year.

While it will be a new era for us we hope that customers will see the change as seamlessly as possible.

Thank you again from the Craver family and all the Staff at Capilano Rock & Gem!

13 June 2007

We have just received a new shipment of Seed Beads in a good selection of colors.

30 May 2007

Stone bead and Pearl Sale: Silver and Gold tagged Savings from 10% to 50% (in-store shopping only)

29 May 2007

New this week: Swarovski crystals including 3 new colors - Mint Alabaster, Rose Water Coral and Dark Red Opal. Beadalon Jewelry wire and hand tools

17 May 2007

Interested in gift boxes or reclosable poly bags? Check out what we have to offer! We've added some extra pictures to give customers a better sense of our store.

14 May 2007

Check out our stone bead section - this is a basic introduction to our stone beads section which is our largest department. We have much more than what is shown here so when you visit us be ready to be surprised!

12 May 2007

Our shipment of Lortone tumblers and stone cutting equipment is now in

8 May 2007

A special thanks to our Alberta customers who made the Calgary Gem Show such a successful show for us

3 May 2007

This week we are launching our new shipment of Fresh-Water Pearls

We have several new styles of "chain by the foot" in Gold-Filled and Sterling Silver

We are now restocked on Gold-Filled Wire with special emphasis on the smallest sizes (24 and 26 gauge round)

We are restocking our shelves with our shipments of Pewter Findings and Books

30 April 2007:

This week we are launching our new shipment of Fresh-Water Pearls

Later in the week we are expecting new shipments of Pewter Findings, Gold-Filled Wire and Books

Expect more updates to the web site as the week go on!