Oregon Sunstone

This sunstone was cut from the second and final half of the darkest red Oregon sunstone I've ever seen, and I used to live in Oregon and have looked through hundreds of kilos of sunstone rough. It has quite a bit of copper schiller in it, but I cut it to minimize the appearance of the schiller and maximize clarity, though it shows well from side angles. In person, people will likely assume this is a pigeon blood red Burma ruby. Video gives a better idea of what it looks like than the photo does. Color: Deep Red, Treatment: None, Cut: Square Scissors, Weight: 3.90, Dimensions: 8.86. (Information supplied by photo contributor.) © Daniel Stair, CustomGemstones.com

Credit: Daniel Stair, CustomGemstones.com 2014