is there such a thing as a sun stone?

[mato]

besides the giant one in cental america?

[Theres]

yes, i'm looking at one as i type.
the one's i have are rather small, and are peculiar to Central Oregon. they were given to me at Beltane about 5 years ago by the person who found them in their natural state.
i can't tell you much more about them, except that they're translucent yellow, and i assume the correspondences are those of any sun-related stone.

[Bainidhe Dub]

I love sunstones - I've used them in a few pieces of jewelry - The stones I've found online have a gorgeous warm pink/orange tinge to them. I like pairing sunstones with moonstones as tribute to both God & Goddess (plus the colors look very nice together, with the fire from the sunstones & light from the rainbow moonstones)

[mato]

do they have a genaric name?

[banondraig]

there is a second form of sunstone which is light brown and sparkles. i have heard that it can also be orange but my piece is brown. scott cunningham wrote about sunstone. i believe the book is called "A Guide to Crystals, Stones, and Metals" but it's been a while since i looked at it.

[CloakofStars9]

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[MoonRaven]

Those look like some kind of weird hybrid between sunstone and goldstone (which are often confused anyway).

Anyway, I got a piece of sunstone from Whispered Prayers. It's not translucent or yellow.. it's white with shiny bits of coppery stuff (which, coincidentially, is probably copper). I've attached a photo of it.

[Juniecat]

I have Scott Cunningham's book Cunningham's encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem and Metal Magic in front of me as I type. He talks of two different types of sunstone "One is a form of translucent quartz which has a vaguely orange hue. This is the Oregon sunstone." And anciently a form of feldspar from India, which resembles an opal with a fiery flash. He does say that magical use of sunstone has fallen off some in recent times, which might explain why you are having trouble finding information on it. Myself, I wonder about the Oregon sunstone...I guess I would have to see it, because the jeweler training in me says that yellow-orange quartz is citrine, and unless this looks quite different, I would be inclined to call it citrine.

He doesn't mention it being known under other names, but I would avoid confusion with goldstone, which while pleasant to look at, is a man-made stone which in my opinion changes the energies from the stone rather drastically. Not to say this makes them bad, but it wouldn't have the same strengths as a natural sunstone.