SKU: C218

Oregon Sunstone

1.44 carats

$400.00

Out of stock

SKU: C218 Category: Tag:

Small green Oregon sunstone cut in a pear design. Some red is visible when viewing from certain angles (see photos).

Carats

1.44

Clarity

Color Specification

Color

Multicolor

Cut

Dimensions (mm)

9.1 x 6.9 x 4.7

Origin

Overall Quality

Stone Shape

Pear

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.