Montana Meets Oregon Necklace for men or women.

This necklace/pendant shows the rich deep earthy colors of Montana Agate with a unique banding pattern combined with a brick red Oregon Sunstone cabochon placed above. All gems are custom cut & polished in our studio. This unique design imaginatively marries the two gems in an interesting offset, has a hand engraved mountain scene on the side of the agate's sterling bezel and displayed on a dark brown leather cord with sterling silver lobster clasp. 

The pendant dimensions: approximately 1.75 inches long with a max width of about .75 inches and a depth of 11.0 millimeters. The 18 inch leather cord is about 1.5 mm thick and threads behind the sunstone running through a hidden bail. The Sunstone Cabochon is a premium color measuring about 13.0 x 7.5 millimeters. 

Montana agate is the state gemstone of Montana. Montana agates can be found in the Yellowstone River Valley, from north of Yellowstone Nat. Park to the N. Dakota border.  It's a microcrystalline quartz with a hardness of 7. Montana agate is known for its moss-like, fern-like, or tree-like inclusions. The most common colors are gray, white, brown, salmon, red, orange, black, and yellow.

"The Sunstone Store is deeply passionate about Oregon Sunstone, and here’s why. Oregon is the only place in the world where you can find the unique copper-bearing Sunstone, giving it a stunning array of natural colors. Additionally, this rare gemstone is Oregon’s Official State Gem!

We’re proud to support a sustainable cottage industry by offering Oregon Sunstone, mined responsibly and providing livelihoods for local Oregonians." Oregon sunstone is a feldspar-labradorite mineral. Feldspars are a large group of minerals that make up more than half of the Earth's crust formed in lava from volcanoes and is released when the lava weathers away. Oregon sunstone has a triclinic crystal structure, a vitreous luster, and is translucent to translucent. It has a hardness of 6.5 to 7.0 on the Mohs scale.