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Dust Devil Mine (Spectrum) Sunstone, OR
Gem locality Source-confirmed findsPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: red sunstone, green sunstone, bicolor, schiller.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: high-grade red and green schiller Oregon sunstone in basalt host
Long-operating commercial fee-dig sunstone mine near Plush, documented on mindat and in guides.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Remote desert, heat, digging in tailings
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