About The Sunstone Store

A Family Passion for Oregon Sunstone

The Sunstone Store brings together decades of jewelry-making experience and a family passion for Oregon's remarkable state gemstone. Founded by husband-and-wife team Steven and Elyse Douglas, our family business specializes in genuine, natural Oregon Sunstone jewelry designed to celebrate the extraordinary color and individuality of every stone.

Our story with Oregon Sunstone began long before The Sunstone Store became an online business. Steve's lifelong interest in rocks, lapidary and metalsmithing and Elyse's background in art, gemology and jewelry design eventually led us to Oregon Sunstone. We began working with the gemstone in 2002 and became deeply involved with the miners, stones and jewelry created from this unusual Oregon treasure. We were called Douglas Fine Jewelry Design at that time. On Feb. 15, 2017, we rebranded and renamed our retail store Sunstone Store. 

From Oregon's High Desert to the Jewelry Bench

Over the years, our family has participated in Oregon Sunstone mining, selected rough directly from Oregon sources, cut and evaluated gemstones, designed jewelry and transformed those gems into finished pieces.

That hands-on experience gives us a perspective that goes well beyond simply selling Oregon Sunstone jewelry. We understand how dramatically these stones can vary—from subtle champagne and peach to red, green, bi-color and copper-bearing schiller—and we design our jewelry to celebrate those natural differences rather than hide them.

Designed by a Family of Jewelers

Steve brings decades of goldsmithing, metalsmithing and lapidary experience to The Sunstone Store. His designs often reflect his love of technical challenges, unusual construction and distinctive materials.

Elyse combines her background in art and gemology with an organic, often asymmetrical approach to jewelry design. Her goal is to let the color and personality of each gemstone guide the finished piece.

The next generation is now becoming part of that tradition. Alexandra Holman Douglas is an apprentice metalsmith and designer who handcrafts many of the pieces featured in our store, while Ian Douglas, an experienced metalsmith, is helping carry the family business forward.

Authentic Oregon Sunstone

Knowing where our gemstones come from matters to us. The Oregon Sunstones we sell are genuine, natural and untreated, sourced from Oregon miners and mining operations we know and trust.

Because every Oregon Sunstone is different, many of our designs are one-of-a-kind or produced in very limited quantities. That's part of what has kept us fascinated with this gemstone for more than two decades.

Our Story Continues

What began as a shared love of rocks, art and jewelry has grown into a family business spanning generations of metalsmiths, designers and gemstone enthusiasts.

Today, The Sunstone Store is an online-only business, allowing us to share Oregon Sunstone with customers far beyond Oregon while remaining closely connected to the gemstone and the people who bring it out of Oregon's high desert.

We hope the jewelry you find here gives you something we have enjoyed for many years: a beautiful and very personal connection to Oregon Sunstone.