Kunzite is the pink variety of spodumene

This piece is cut and polished to a point with a flat base

not pigment-based: no color is chemically present

suspending the stone between two directions at once

Sunstone Sterling Silver Ring Sunstone Kunzite is the pink varietyA raw crystal set in silverthe aventurescence visible even in the mount. Sunstone is a member of the feldspar familyoligoclase or orthoclasedistinguished by platelets of hematite or goethite locked in parallel alignment within the crystal structure. Those platelets create aventurescence: a bright, glittering internal scatter of light that shifts as the stone is turned. Mohs hardness 66. 5. Oregon's Harney County is one of the world's most notable