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  _7180304.JPG - After setting-up camp we headed to the Spectrum Mine and plunked down $200 for a huge scoop of high grade sunstone ore. While the owners crushed the rock, we had some time to sift in a pit. If you ever go, the red andesite ash layer marks the contact with the sunstone-bearing basalt flows. Stay above the red stuff and you should find lots of stones.  
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 After setting-up camp we headed to the Spectrum Mine and plunked down $200 for a huge scoop of high grade sunstone ore. While the owners crushed the rock, we had some time to sift in a pit. If you ever go, the red andesite ash layer marks the contact with the sunstone-bearing basalt flows. Stay above the red stuff and you should find lots of stones.
Date: 7/18/09 12:44 PM | ISO: 100 | Exp. Time: 1/60s | Aperture: 4.0 | Focal Length: 14.0mm | Keywords: oregon sunstone
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