Sunstone (bicolor)

Item Description

One of the more eye-catching and interesting gems I have seen from the United States is Sunstone from Oregon. This material comes in a myriad of colors ranging from yellow, orange, red, green and even blue in rare cases. Aside from the the extremely rare blue variety, the most hard to find color of this material in good size stones is red. This stone has a "champagne" hue which is common for the material, but there is a also a light "sage" color that can be seen around the girdle when the stone is rotated in the light. This stone is a great quality, "Quanutm Cushion" cut gem. Typically, many of the stones from this area have what is called a "shiller" which is a shimmer in the stone caused by native Copper inclusions. You can see a small amount of bright coppery colored "shiller" in this stone in the second photo. Don't miss out on this attractive U.S. gemstone.