Double Eagle #16 MIne and
Plush Oregon Sunstone
Plush Oregon Sunstone
Double Eagle #16
Double Eagle #16 is operated by Double Eagle Mining Company of Lakeview, Oregon.
Which started exploratory digging and sampling of ore in mid summer of 2007. By late
summer open pit mining was started and has been producing some large and rare
colored crystals.
To see more information and photos of Plush Sunstone and grading system, please
visit:
PlushSunstone.com
Double Eagle #16 is operated by Double Eagle Mining Company of Lakeview, Oregon.
Which started exploratory digging and sampling of ore in mid summer of 2007. By late
summer open pit mining was started and has been producing some large and rare
colored crystals.
To see more information and photos of Plush Sunstone and grading system, please
visit:
PlushSunstone.com
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Big Rough
Double Eagle # 16 produced some nice big crystal for 2009. The photo above
shows a few of these crystals. They range in size from 78 carat to 116 carat.
These will cut or carve some large one of a kind stones. As you can see in the
photos Plush Sunstone crystals require some minimum surface clean up do to
the natural surface. The crystal above have no internal fractures or inclusions.
This size will sell for 6-20 US dollars per carat.
Double Eagle # 16 produced some nice big crystal for 2009. The photo above
shows a few of these crystals. They range in size from 78 carat to 116 carat.
These will cut or carve some large one of a kind stones. As you can see in the
photos Plush Sunstone crystals require some minimum surface clean up do to
the natural surface. The crystal above have no internal fractures or inclusions.
This size will sell for 6-20 US dollars per carat.
This blue is one of the rarest colors found in Plush Sunstone. Double Eagle #16
has produced some of the rare Teal (blue-green) Oregon Sunstone, But none
have yet reproduced this color of blue.
In late August 2008 while screening some ore at Double Eagle #16 for Oregon
Sunstone, this crystal appeared and took all by surprise. It is an amazing Teal
(blue-green) Dichroic crystal. While rotating this blocky 20 carat crystal, the a b
axis showed teal and red on the c axis, with no mixing, but one of the axis
showed blue and teal(see photos).
This crystal was donated to the International School of Gemology, to be studied
and documented. Robert James of the ISG took the following photos and the one
shows a deep blue color tone.
Yes, Both pictures are of the same crystal of different axises.
| Lakeview, OR 97630 Ph: (541) 417-0158 info@doubleeaglemine.com |