- SUNSTONE
Our Sunstones are found in the Rabbit Hills area of Southeastern Oregon.
Oregon Sunstone is a variety of crystalline plagioclase feldspar and occurs in shades of red, green, orange,and yellow. Many of the gems are dichroic, showing different colors depending on the angle at which they are being viewed. Minute copper inclusions often give sunstone a special radiance known as schiller.
In ancient times, sunstone formed deep beneath the earth's crust and was carried to the surface by molten magma.
