Made a trip to Spectrum just before you (May 2024). Denise and Little Chris are the true gems of that operation. In a Belt run and Full High Grade Pile, my wife and I hauled out 13.3K Carats of rough Sunstones. Some great ones with color, like you and many with Schiller. Thank for sharing. Mike
Holy moly that first faceted piece is beyond gorgeous. As are the rest you showed off. I really enjoyed getting to see the whole process. How satisfying it must be to find the stone yourself and then make such a beautiful gem. ❤
Wow, you got some great material from your visit to the mine! That is very helpful information for anyone thinking about going themselves! And you got some huge pieces with color too! Just gorgeous! Thanks Patrick!
On my list of things to do. My brother used to go down at least once a year and dig, he and Chris have become friends, had a few chances to dig in hot spots. He hit a jackpot one trip, 1500 carats of nice red sunstone, a few pieces of green, and buckets of yellow. Pretty interesting stuff, besides pretty. Really soft to work with. Great trip for ya!
Wow what a haul. You got a lot of nice ones it appears and of course the faceted ones you showed are fantastic. I’m really gonna have to get one made for Vicky by you.
In the thumbnail it looks like you are collecting them....from the sun. lol. Have you tried midwave 310-320 and shortwave 254 irradiation on them? Supposedly the fluorescence is coming from copper ions (which I honestly wasn't aware was even a thing) which might be interesting to see if there are differences to the 365 light seen here...
Made a trip to Spectrum just before you (May 2024). Denise and Little Chris are the true gems of that operation. In a Belt run and Full High Grade Pile, my wife and I hauled out 13.3K Carats of rough Sunstones. Some great ones with color, like you and many with Schiller. Thank for sharing. Mike
Holy moly that first faceted piece is beyond gorgeous. As are the rest you showed off. I really enjoyed getting to see the whole process. How satisfying it must be to find the stone yourself and then make such a beautiful gem. ❤
Wow! Fascinating!
Oh my gosh! Those stones are stunning! And once you cut them,their beauty was exposed! Thank you for sharing!
So much sun! Beautiful work on those facets. I am continually amazed by the beauty & variety of color & effects I see in sunstones cut by you & Karen.
nice rocks thank you ALL stay safe
Very nice Dr. Donohue... quite the bevy of beauties you acquired .
Good mineral to put in a tumbler
Wow, you got some great material from your visit to the mine! That is very helpful information for anyone thinking about going themselves! And you got some huge pieces with color too! Just gorgeous! Thanks Patrick!
Terrific video, and gorgeous cut stones! That place is on my bucket list fosho.
Just an excellent video!!
Well, done Patrick! You guys got lots of good ones!
Looks like a blast!
Lovely stones! Thanks for the info!
😎👍
On my list of things to do. My brother used to go down at least once a year and dig, he and Chris have become friends, had a few chances to dig in hot spots. He hit a jackpot one trip, 1500 carats of nice red sunstone, a few pieces of green, and buckets of yellow. Pretty interesting stuff, besides pretty. Really soft to work with. Great trip for ya!
Wow what a haul. You got a lot of nice ones it appears and of course the faceted ones you showed are fantastic. I’m really gonna have to get one made for Vicky by you.
Looks like a riot! Gotta get over there and have a look around.
Beautiful stones!!👍😍👻🌶
Gorgeous
That is so cool!
looks like a lot of fun!
Love those faceted stones?
NICE
In the thumbnail it looks like you are collecting them....from the sun. lol. Have you tried midwave 310-320 and shortwave 254 irradiation on them? Supposedly the fluorescence is coming from copper ions (which I honestly wasn't aware was even a thing) which might be interesting to see if there are differences to the 365 light seen here...
I want that dichroic 38 ct one I will buy it from you