SKU: C058

Oregon Sunstone

4.62 carats

$924.00

Out of stock

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This dark green concave cut Oregon sunstone has reddish highlights in it also. A very clean stone, for some people this is the top color.

Carats

4.62

Clarity

Color

Green

Cut

Dimensions (mm)

13.2 x 8.2 x 6.8

Origin

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.