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He pōhaku makamae nani a hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia ʻo Sunstone no kona mau ʻalani ʻālohilohi. Akā ma waho aʻe o kona waiwai hoʻonaninani, ʻo ka sunstone kekahi mineral hoihoi me kahi moʻolelo honua paʻakikī a hoihoi. Ma kēia moʻomanaʻo moʻomanaʻo, e ʻimi mākou i ke kumu honua a me nā hiʻohiʻona o ka sunstone, e ʻimi ana i kāna mineralogy, ka hanana ʻana i ke ʻano, a me nā mea hoihoi ʻē aʻe o kēia pōhaku kūʻokoʻa.
ʻO ka Sunstone kekahi ʻano feldspar, kahi hui o nā mineral silicate i maʻa mau i nā ʻano pōhaku he nui. He ʻano like ʻole ia o ka plagioclase feldspar, kahi i hōʻike ʻia e kāna triclinic hanana aniani a me ka helehelena ʻelua kala. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Sunstone no kona hopena ʻālohilohi, ka mea ma muli o ke alo o nā liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi o keleawe or hematite i loko o ke aniani. ʻIke ʻia kēia hopena ʻālohilohi ʻo "aventurescence," a hāʻawi ia i ka sunstone i kona ʻano ʻalani ʻalani ahi.
Loaʻa ka Sunstone ma nā wahi like ʻole a puni ka honua, akā aia kekahi o nā waihona kaulana loa ma Oregon, USA. Ma Oregon, ua ʻeli ʻia ka lā mai kahi ʻano pōhaku i kapa ʻia he basalt, i hana ʻia mai ka pele i hoʻomaloʻo ʻia. Loaʻa nā kristal pōhaku lā i loko o ka basalt, a ua hui pū ʻia me nā minerale ʻē aʻe e like me ka mica a me quartz.
ʻO ka Sunstone kahi pōhaku paʻa paʻa, me ka paʻakikī o 6-6.5 ma ka pālākiō Mohs. He kū'ē i ka'ōpala a me kaʻaʻahu, kahi i koho nuiʻia no ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā mea nani. Ma waho aʻe o kona waiwai hoʻonaninani, mahalo ʻia ka sunstone no kāna mau mea ho'ōla a ua hoʻohana ʻia i nā hana lapaʻau kuʻuna like ʻole. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe he hiki i ka sunstone ke hoʻoulu i nā chakras a lawe mai i kahi manaʻo o ka nui a me ka pōmaikaʻi.
Loaʻa ka Sunstone ma nā ʻano kala like ʻole, mai ka ʻalani haʻalulu a i ka ʻulaʻula hohonu. Hoʻoholo ʻia ka waihoʻoluʻu o ka lā ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā haumia i loko o ka aniani. No ka laʻana, loaʻa paha i ka pōhaku lā me ka waihoʻoluʻu ʻulaʻula kiʻekiʻe ke kiʻekiʻe o ka hao oxide, ʻoiai ʻo ka pōhaku ʻalani ʻalani ke loaʻa nā pae haʻahaʻa o nā haumia.
Ma waho aʻe o kona nani a me ka hoʻohana pono ʻana, ua lilo ka sunstone i ke kumuhana o nā moʻolelo like ʻole a me nā kaʻao i ka mōʻaukala. I kekahi mau moʻomeheu kahiko, ua manaʻo ʻia ka lā ka mana e lawe mai i ka laki a me ka pōmaikaʻi i ka poʻe nona ia. I nā mea ʻē aʻe, ua manaʻo ʻia he hiki ke pale aku i ka poʻe huakaʻi mai ka pōʻino a hoʻihoʻi maikaʻi iā lākou i ka home.
ʻOiai ʻo kona mau hiʻohiʻona hoihoi, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka sunstone i nā pōhaku makamae e like me nā daimana a i ʻole emeralds. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo kona nani kūʻokoʻa a me ka moʻolelo hoʻonaʻauao hoihoi e lilo ia i mineral i kūpono ke ʻimi a aʻo hou aku. Inā ʻoe he kanaka hoihoi honua a mahalo wale paha i ka nani o nā pōhaku makamae, ʻo ka sunstone he mineral ia e hoʻopio a hoʻoulu.