There is a variety of "Sunstone" here in Australia, in the Harts Range, Northern Territory (Central Australia). It is generally known as Rainbow Lattice Sunstone and is orthoclase with oriented inclusions of hematite and magnetite. See https://www.mindat.org/loc-291359.html
Richard, I have a great idea. You could occasionally do a "column" on a selected state's official state gems and minerals. I'm a new subscriber so maybe you've done this already, but it would be fascinating!
I haven't done that... my not-too-rigorous, self-imposed rules say the posts should involve something from my own collections, or relate to a place I've visited (ideally with my own photos), or relate to someplace I've worked on professionally. But "occasionally," no telling what might show up :)
I live in Oregon, and am proud to say Sunstone is our official State Gem. Plush is really remote and I've been to Lakeview but never took the road to Plush.
There is a variety of "Sunstone" here in Australia, in the Harts Range, Northern Territory (Central Australia). It is generally known as Rainbow Lattice Sunstone and is orthoclase with oriented inclusions of hematite and magnetite. See https://www.mindat.org/loc-291359.html
That stuff is very cool indeed.
Further our official State Minerals are Josephinite and Oregonite!
I mentioned josephinite briefly in this post https://richardigibson.substack.com/p/the-core-of-the-earth
Richard, I have a great idea. You could occasionally do a "column" on a selected state's official state gems and minerals. I'm a new subscriber so maybe you've done this already, but it would be fascinating!
I haven't done that... my not-too-rigorous, self-imposed rules say the posts should involve something from my own collections, or relate to a place I've visited (ideally with my own photos), or relate to someplace I've worked on professionally. But "occasionally," no telling what might show up :)
And you can review the list of all the previous posts here: https://richardigibson.substack.com/archive
I live in Oregon, and am proud to say Sunstone is our official State Gem. Plush is really remote and I've been to Lakeview but never took the road to Plush.