Mineralogy & Mining of Oregon Sunstones

[@JoeRussell-oj7xm]

a really interesting and comprehensive presentation!

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Oregon for the win!! I go there a few times a year.

[@scottowens1535]

Awesome, I'm leaving in the morning to spectrum mine,plush 😉 was there last week and stopped by for a look see, well I'm driving 500 miles one way to do it!!!!! I'll leave update,, happy Independence day my fellows!

[@liltnt380]

Thank YOU so much for this video!! You made my day!!!

[@metaglypto]

Thanks for this video, this helps greatly in just knowing what 'schiller' is. I have recently gotten interested in sunstones. I know the area and live in Oregon. Unfortunately I have had recent back surgery and my body keeps telling me I am not ready to get out there digging in the dirt and gravel all day. So, I started snooping around Spectrum Mine's website and discovered a couple of interesting options. 1) They will do a run of gravel through the belt and pick the stones for you for about $250.00 plus s/h 2) They will send you a 5 gallon bucket's worth of concentrate, and let you pick through it for $100-150? plus s/h. I decided to do both.😏

[@jesseking3028]

You’ll want to review your info on the formation. The basalt from which the sunstones comes from wasn’t part of the Steens event and is in fact Columbia basalts…

[@canadiangemstones7636]

Great stuff, thanks for sharing!

[@scottowens1535]

The Bag I dug 15 minutes was mostly clear but I noticed the fine horizontal layer's? Banding, some were witeish are those the Inclusion?? Color/copper and such??

[@OregonIsGreat]

Very interesting, great video.

[@2HighNoon]

26:05 in the video: that’s a spiral helix viewed from the side. Compare with a birkeland current. ✌️ That’s what I see anyways. Your looking at it in a two dimensional sense with this image right? So that would be a side view. Possibly the organized bands and the perimeter of the current? 🤷‍♂️ I could be way off but current could explain the copper being organized into sheets as well..

[@2HighNoon]

Notice the lower part of it bends to the right. Now notice the particle band on the right suddenly changes as well right where the current bends. I wonder if there is another bad of particles just off the image and if it’s density/characteristics suddenly increased to what we see in this upper band above the bend. 🤷‍♂️

[@scottowens1535]

Remind me of rythmites just small scale