Great job guys! I enjoyed the variety of Sunstone feldspars from around the world. We all learn so much, giving us a greater appreciation and connection to our earth. I can't stop thinking about the discovery and uses of Sunstone by the indigenous peoples of the world. The same for moonstone. Please do make a video about Moonstone! I read there are beautiful ones in PA. Thank you for your hard work!
Awesome! Yes, moonstone please! I have a strand of moonstone that looks like there is sunstone mixed in…would love to hear about moonstone from you awesome professionals as to do a comparison as I figure out more and more, what stones I have and more about the stones I make jewelry with. I love this channel so much! So full of fantastic information and you guys are always 100% a pure delight! Thank you!
My two favorite gems were iolite, and sunstone, both can have the mica and hematite inclusions. Iolite with the mica and hematite inclusions has been referred to as sunstone iolite. In 2009 a new discovery was made at a mine in India it is where iolite and sunstone are intergrown, if you cut in pieces some would be iolite and some sunstone, this new discovery is known as Iolite Sunstone, not to be confused with Sunstone Iolite (the mica and hematite included Iolite). This is changing the vocabulary to where the term Sunstone Iolite is not being used by many and used by others marketing it like the more expensive discovered gem mix found in India. Now I still have my favorite gemstone is Iolite then Sunstone then Tanzanite and finally Iolite Sunstone. I do have a couple pieces of the new gemstone and is fantastic mixing the two gems I just love them independent of each other a little more but it is extremely close and is astonishing to see this in person, Iolite Sunstone Tanzanite and Iolite Sunstone all are not lab created and can't be reproduced in laboratory's. They are gems that currently mother nature can create that man can't also all are dichroic (actually many natural display three colors not just two) and can display chatoyance adventuresence asterism they are amazing gems with amazing phenomenon available.
This was fun for me to watch because I already have a dozen ish pieces of sunstone that I’ve bought and found in Idaho and Oregon. It can be hard to tell for sure when the aventurescense /Schiller effect isn’t highly obvious. There’s also included quartz/ chalcedony that can look vaguely like it. Apparently I have some Tanzanian cut ones already too. My collecting without labels is getting out of hand, but thank you for helping to clear some things up.
Hello 😄 What makes for a museum grade piece, in terms of gemstones and more broad mineral specimens? Great video as always❤️ Since I grasped what appears to have been an amicable disagreement there regarding Goldstone origins, thought I’d share this bit from Wikipedia illustrating you’re probably both right ✨ “One original manufacturing process for goldstone was invented in seventeenth-century Venice by the Miotti family, which was granted an exclusive license by the Doge [citation pending]. Urban legend says goldstone was an accidental discovery by unspecified Italian monks or the product of alchemy, but there is no pre-Miotti documentation to confirm this. A goldstone amulet from 12th- to 13th-century Persia in the collection of the University of Pennsylvania shows that other, earlier artisans were also able to create the material.”
Love it! I have some Oregon sunstone rough that was being mined during the solar eclipse a few years years ago! Also a nice variety of faceted pieces. Would love to see some moonstone!
I love sunstone! I have some tazanian sunstones that are called confetti sunstone because they look like they contain glitter but they are all natural, and gorgeous. I also have ine black confetti sunstone that is gorgeous! But those that you showed are gorgeous as well. I love oregon sunstone, and not just because i live in oregon. They have that copper schiller and can be anywhere from green to red to pink! They can even come in clear and even the clwar is slightly tan but the stones facet so beautifully. Thank you for this episode! It has ro be ine of my favorite gemstones!
Beautiful specimens. I do like Sunstone and have 5 or 6 set stones. All rings. Would you do Indian Ruby and Sapphires? They are stunning, but different.
"American" sunstone can include New Mexico sunstone. I promise, NM is in the U.S., the big empty space between TX and AZ. We have so many rocks here, many of them pretty rare (i.e. bixbite). I would love to see a video about NM. Baker Eggs would be a good start. Ain't no egg like a Baker egg. IYKYK
I actually have a carved heart that is half sunstone and half moonstone in the schiller. It's definitely Indian as it has the white host rock weaving throughout, but it's one I pick up all the time just to look at it. I'd love to know: how does that happen?
Very Interesting indeed! In particular seeing these incredible colour variations of the Oregon suntone. But would you also be able to say something about this absolutly fascinating australien rainbow lattice sunstone. I have previously seen a short documentory on it but came never anywhere across it - at least so far.
We can do a bit better than say something about. How about if we interview the guy who discovered it and he brings with him the biggest piece he ever found? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FFpLbOOYvac.html
Wish i could get one of you two to meet me or the owner of this program..i know where theres something that is soooo big and beautiful it will blow your mind😊 i cant move it because of the size of it😂
question... can the copper oxidize in the oregon sunstone? making it turn either more green or red?... i know its difficult for air to get into the stone... but... i was just wondering...
It often does oxidize during formation, but it sounds like you are asking if it can continue to oxidize now? We haven’t seen that but I suppose under unusual conditions such a thing may be possible
