Oregon Sunstones are probably my favorite kind of Feldspar gemstone. The ones with red, green, and copper Schiller are amazing and sometimes if you're lucky you will even get some that have "common moonstone" flash due to the layering, too.
Awesome Sunstone mate 💯👍💯 Btw, What I associate with sunstone is the stone that we Vikings used to navigate the sea in fog or cloudy weather. (🤭) A theory exists that the sunstone had polarizing attributes and was used as a navigational instrument by seafarers in the Viking Age. - Sunstones are also mentioned in the inventories of several churches and one monastery in 14th-15th-century Iceland and Germany.
Very true! The last location we made a video on will be crystal park in Montana coming up in a few weeks. We hit up a few other spots but didn’t make videos everywhere.
Super cool my friend! If u polish any I would love to see one polished. Ty for these wonderful videos, so fun! 💗 nice hunting and don't forget hydration! 😉 lookin forward to the next video! Great work 👏
Definitely have to add this to our bucket list of places to go in our van life. A pleasure meeting you today. Maybe our paths will cross and we can together. Thank you for your awesome vids✨
Awesome to meet y’all as well! This is a really cool mine and the material is worth a lot so you definitely get your money’s worth. It’s very remote though!
I did a belt run afterwards and found the digging more rewarding. I would like to get a premium pile sometime. This mine definitely offers a variety of options for alternate needs.
I'm curious as to whether or not Sunstone could be mistaken for rose quartz or vise versa?? Excellent video. So badly wish I could afford to travel and visit some of these locations that are out of the state of North Carolina thank you for sharing and the education value of your videos
There are 2 different common names for "Sunstone" on the Internet. "Oregon Sunstone" is unlikely to be confused with rose quartz. The look of the rough is completely different than rose quartz in daylight given it's translucence and coloration. There's another type of "sunstone" that is opaque (Norway, India, Africa) and does look like a rose quartz with more orange specs and "adventurescence" in it and is typically shown in connection with shakras and crystal healing, but when you polish or facet it, the look is completely different. I would not consider it "gemstone"...more like colored rock that has shimmer. Oregon Sunstone Feldspars are definitely crystals. There are other feldspar crystals that are mined and used for jewelry, but the Oregon Sunstone is the only "known" location that has copper shiller. You can buy tumbled chips, rough, or finished faceted stones on places like etsy. If you look up "oregon sunstone" vs "sunstone chakra" you'll easily be able to see the differences.
Can you tell me what put this was at the mine? I want to go here this spring and the pit you were working is one of the best out of the videos of people digging in the various pits.
I loved this pit for sure! I think they called it the green pit because it had a lot of green colors in the sunstones. It was kind of straight back behind the little shop in the trailer. Good luck!
So what the Vikings used to allegedly navigate with and called sunstone wasn’t really sunstone at all? I read somewhere else that it was selenite but that wouldn’t be very good on a salty sea. Had something to do with double refraction or something like that. Thoughts?
Swinging that pick way too hard. I think lighter less potential breakage. There’s always a way to equal the speed of breakdown with a less invasive or more finessed approach…
Dream trip!
good finding my friend
Thank you!
Those last couple stones made it worthwhile. Looked like what is called mystique colored. Very $$$$ color!
Yeah there was so much variety. Crazy stuff 🙌
Very fun! What a cool adventure!
Rock hounding sunstone is definitely a labor of love! Thanks for bringing a beautiful new crystals!
It’s such a trip, loved it and highly recommend it
Excellent video, as usual, Dominik! Looking forward to your third in this series sometime soon!! Aloha!
Very nice sun stones amazing specimens
Ooo pretty sun stones!!
Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!
Awesome video, Dominik! Thank you so much for educating us about sunstones!👍👍👍👍👍
Oregon Sunstones are probably my favorite kind of Feldspar gemstone. The ones with red, green, and copper Schiller are amazing and sometimes if you're lucky you will even get some that have "common moonstone" flash due to the layering, too.
Awesome Sunstone mate 💯👍💯
Btw, What I associate with sunstone is the stone that we Vikings used to navigate the sea in fog or cloudy weather. (🤭)
A theory exists that the sunstone had polarizing attributes and was used as a navigational instrument by seafarers in the Viking Age. - Sunstones are also mentioned in the inventories of several churches and one monastery in 14th-15th-century Iceland and Germany.
Sunstone is my favorite stone... Hope to see more sunstone digging. Wish I can dig some too... It's just so pretty... ✨🌼🌇
Feldspar is one of my favorite mineral species. So many different types of gem quality Feldspars, it's amazing. And beautiful.
Couldn't agree more!
Those are beautiful stones! 🤗❤️
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Those sunstone are beautiful. 🙏🙌
Dusty work but well worth it. Sunstone is gorgeous 😍
Awesome! Looking forward to seeing if you hit any other locations in this area. There's lots of good stuff around there!
Very true! The last location we made a video on will be crystal park in Montana coming up in a few weeks.
We hit up a few other spots but didn’t make videos everywhere.
Gorgeous!!
Thank you! Cheers!
amazing video
Super cool my friend! If u polish any I would love to see one polished. Ty for these wonderful videos, so fun! 💗 nice hunting and don't forget hydration! 😉 lookin forward to the next video! Great work 👏
Thank you so much!
Nice to meet you , thanks for the minerals and shirt✌
Thanks for stopping in! Nice to meet you brother
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Good job man we came by your concession stand in Arkansas
Definitely have to add this to our bucket list of places to go in our van life. A pleasure meeting you today. Maybe our paths will cross and we can together. Thank you for your awesome vids✨
Awesome to meet y’all as well!
This is a really cool mine and the material is worth a lot so you definitely get your money’s worth. It’s very remote though!
Just got home from 5 days out there. We found some beauties. Going back in a couple weeks😂😂😂 that sunstone..addicted ❤❤
How much is it to dig?
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It's worth it to pay for the belt run and to get a couple more people in for the buffet deal.
I did a belt run afterwards and found the digging more rewarding. I would like to get a premium pile sometime.
This mine definitely offers a variety of options for alternate needs.
Beautiful. Amazing finds.
Every time you show us a sunstone my job drops. 🙂
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They seem hypnotic almost
I'm curious as to whether or not Sunstone could be mistaken for rose quartz or vise versa?? Excellent video. So badly wish I could afford to travel and visit some of these locations that are out of the state of North Carolina thank you for sharing and the education value of your videos
There are 2 different common names for "Sunstone" on the Internet. "Oregon Sunstone" is unlikely to be confused with rose quartz. The look of the rough is completely different than rose quartz in daylight given it's translucence and coloration. There's another type of "sunstone" that is opaque (Norway, India, Africa) and does look like a rose quartz with more orange specs and "adventurescence" in it and is typically shown in connection with shakras and crystal healing, but when you polish or facet it, the look is completely different. I would not consider it "gemstone"...more like colored rock that has shimmer. Oregon Sunstone Feldspars are definitely crystals. There are other feldspar crystals that are mined and used for jewelry, but the Oregon Sunstone is the only "known" location that has copper shiller. You can buy tumbled chips, rough, or finished faceted stones on places like etsy. If you look up "oregon sunstone" vs "sunstone chakra" you'll easily be able to see the differences.
Oregon sunstone is never pink, and shows perfect cleavage, so would be hard to confuse with rose quartz.
Schöne Farben, Dominik!
Gute Funde!
Bearbeitest du eigentlich einige deiner Funde.
Also schleifen oder so.
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I’m in Salem Oregon and love sunstones.
Love you vids!
Always enjoy your videos. Does the color fade if left in the sun?
No they are very stable
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Can you tell me what put this was at the mine? I want to go here this spring and the pit you were working is one of the best out of the videos of people digging in the various pits.
Pit * 😅✌️not put.
I loved this pit for sure! I think they called it the green pit because it had a lot of green colors in the sunstones. It was kind of straight back behind the little shop in the trailer. Good luck!
How much do they charge for you to dig some stones there?
Where can you prospect for gold in Arkansas
Me and cousin came by your condensation stand in arkansas
I mean concession stand
That’s awesome!!! Thank y’all so much!! I remember you guys subscribing 🙏
So what the Vikings used to allegedly navigate with and called sunstone wasn’t really sunstone at all? I read somewhere else that it was selenite but that wouldn’t be very good on a salty sea. Had something to do with double refraction or something like that. Thoughts?
It were probably bigger and very clean calcite crystals or rather crystal fragments, in German known as Doppelspat.
Yes optical calcites is what they used from my understanding.
Nice
Buy these rough gems from miners & have it cut from gem cutters and get it made into beautiful jewelries.We could help you if you need assistant.
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Swinging that pick way too hard. I think lighter less potential breakage. There’s always a way to equal the speed of breakdown with a less invasive or more finessed approach…
I agree
Was in a time crunch and first timer.. hope to go back
I lived in Bend and there is so much sunstone that there isn't any real value
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Very true