Dust Devil Mining, a you-dig operation in eastern Lake County, is across Road 6115 from the Sunstone Gem Collection Area, one of the Bureau of Land Management’s free spots to take home nature ...

Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Sunstone Gem Collection Area is one of the few places in the world where visitors can find sunstones, or feldspar crystals that formed in lava.

Johnson, 43, took his family of rockhounds last spring to the Sunstone Gem Collection Area, one of the free spots for hobby lapidaries offered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). “We did ...

Sunstone must be worn in a Gold ring or bracelet or locket on your ring finger on a Sunday. Before wearing this crystal, it should be dipped in the mixture of raw milk and holy water i.e. Gangajal ...

Oregon’s state gemstone is the sunstone. What makes the stones unique is that they contain copper, a metal that is not normally found in these feldspar crystals.

Gemstone cutters must choose a design with the right ... Karl Ziltener of the Columbia Willamette Faceters Guild shows us how he turns a raw Oregon sunstone into a glittering jewel. July 2, 2025.