Sunstones in Oregon! Finding Precious Gemstones Rockhounding in the Oregon Desert #thefinders
Sunstones in Oregon! Finding Precious Gemstones Rockhounding in the Oregon Desert #thefinders
Find precious Oregon Sunstones with us as we surface collect, hammer into some basalt, and hit the Sunstone Mines in the very scenic Central Oregon Desert! We see beautiful schiller, red, green, and dichroic stones up close and gauge if we have some gem facet-able winners. There are tips about hunting, finding, and deciding if the stone is workable as well as bonus out-takes at the end!
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Pretty material, rockhounding for sunstone is definitely on my bucket list!
Feldspar sometimes has chatoyancy; light reflected from inside the stone. I collected a lot of pink feldspar in the Great lakes. Some pieces were a good size – over an inch across and 3/4" thick. They are a light pink color with white chatoyancy.
What a load of BS… Sunstone… my a$@! This is no gem, this is softer than quartz – which is roughly the same hardness as glass. Fools and their money…
Beautiful stone. I would love to see what you do with the stone.
Beautiful place
Super cool, love watching these!
we were just on that beach last weekend!
Ok I’m an idiot what’s the difference between a sunstone and an agate? I find agate like this in the field
Wow that was a very cool adventure to see!!! Some amazing finds and that tip with the oil at the end is totally boss!!! Are your puppies Aussie? They are soooo cute!!!!
What a beautiful area Karen, that’s for this journey. Some seriously cool finds out there. Great journey. What a great experience, cool stones!
I was told by Lisa, that I need to talk to you about art and how to get into that world. I’ve been talking lots of photos lately and possibly putting them on canvas would be cool. I’ve been doing 365 photo challenge where I take one photo everyday for a year and I’ve been sharing my pictures on my channel, just posted one today.
Thanks Karen for sharing you hard work and inspiring!
Was out there a month ago and so your video caught my eye! Loved your knowledge and information! I had all the “tools” but ended up using a large kitty litter scooper with holes and my cane seat. As almost 74 with a bad back, it worked great! The too small stones fell through the quarter inch holes along with the dust and if you shook it back and forth like I’d do with a gold pan the larger stones popped to the top and I would deposit them into a mason jar I carried in my apron. It was so fun.
Cut Sunstones into Artisticuts
Thank you for sharing this video ! I’ve wanted to look for Sunstone but was afraid to go by myself. Seeing you do it by yourself has made me not afraid ! I’M GOING TO DO IT ! .
Rock candy with microchips planted quite some time ago. Glory be! Look what we found.
Another top tier video!
We have never been down there to look for sunstones but maybe next year!
Never leave home or camp without your rock hammer! 🙂
By any chance did you try looking for them at night at all with a flashlight?
Did you think the belt run was worth the cost?
How large are sunstone normally? Are they generally small?
Thank you for the chance to chat. Its just not the same if we dont get too. We get restless! You’ve seen the discord! Lol! It was a blast as usual and now, i need another glass of wine because someone kept steinkerning in the chat! Thanks Jackie! lol! And thanks for the video. The sunstones were gorgeous! Have you taken the training wheels off your faceting machine yet? Those sunstones are gorgeous. Patricks video where he facets a sunstone with schiller, is gorgeous. Just sayin!
Gawd those stones are beautiful!!! I’d look like a sunscreen display figure out there in that desert, trying not to get burned while picking up sunstones! Thanks for sharing your adventures, whether they be on the cool Oregon beaches, or the "cool" (hot!) Oregon outback areas!
My uncle has a claim he will be working on this spring! Great video thank you!
Great video! You have an awesome editing style!
Although i have lots of smalls, i would love to have one (or more) in the matrix
Very cool, your hubby I think is one lucky man
Belt run? Where were you? Is it a secret location?