SKU: C033

Multi-color Oregon Sunstone

8.09 carats

$720.00

1 in stock

SKU: C033 Category: Tag:

This multi-color Oregon sunstone has two pink veils running through it, causing it to appear to have 3 centers. It does have an inclusion on one end (see top end in cover photo).

Carats

8.09

Clarity

Color Specification

Color

Red

Cut

Dimensions (mm)

13.8 x 11.0 x 9.5

Origin

Overall Quality

Treatments

None

1

In the early 1800s sunstone was a little-known, rare, and costly gemstone. It wasn’t until finds in Norway, Siberia, and other parts of the world that sunstone became somewhat more widely recognized, more available, and less expensive.

2

In the US state of Oregon in the early 1900s, there were reports of sunstone finds in ancient lava fields in a desert area called Warner Valley. Even earlier, Native Americans in that area might have been the first collectors of Warner Valley sunstones.

3

In 1987 sunstone was declared the state mineral for Oregon in the USA. The Oregon sunstone is rather unique in that it is the only sunstone that contains copper crystals.