We've been busy highgrading some great looking schiller sunstone rough from the Dust Devil Mine and will have an ongoing supply of beautiful unique sunstone beads. Only in Oregon can you find these special gems with flashes of copper schiller! We've found that several bead styles display the schiller to its most coppery glow. I especially like the simple shaped and tumble polished beads (photo). These beads have a 1mm drill hole making them useful for wire work....they have a superb polish and finish and 'schillery' glow. We also stock rondells, briolettes and faceted free form flat facet nugget beads. Take a look at our
website for new items added weekly. We keep some rough in the works.....so have new bead styles arriving monthly. The schiller beads combine perfectly with natural color Chinese freshwater pearls.....or mix them with 'chocolate' pearl colors for a fashion statement! From the Earth to the EXTRAORDINARY!.....Natural Oregon Sunstone!
Great day at the Juniper Ridge Fire Opal Mine in Southern Oregon! Carol Chaffee, John Proud and I found some very nice rough material....clean clear oranges to yellows and a few sought after REDS!! Mining this opal is quite a challenge....the opal is found in very hard rock! The goal is to remove the opal nodules without totally shattering them! It takes time and sweat equity to pull this off.
