Dust Devil Mining Company

Stripe schiller involves included particles or clusters of particles distributed in planes. Though the planes may be wide or narrow, they often appear as reflective stripes within the stone, whether rough or cut. In the following photo of a cut stone, the edges of schiller stripes are clearly visible:

A 100-times magnification of stripe schiller shows the reflective particles distributed in planes, their orderly arrangement like city lights seen from a jetliner:

Stripe schiller can be seen at the broken left edge of this rough sunstone. The pink glow at the far end  is light reflecting off the stripe schiller.

Here, silver stripe schiller lights up an emerald cut sunstone like neon:

At 50-times magnification, the individual stripes are clearly visible:

Whether faceted, cabbed, or carved, Oregon Sunstone with stripe schiller can be used to create stunning effects that would be impossible with any other gemstone! Click here to learn more about how to orient stripe schiller.