The diameter of this beautiful gemstone donut, cut from orange sunstone in cream matrix, is 3cm.
Sunstone is used in stone healing to strengthen an optimistic attitude towards life and to focus on one's own strengths.
In mineralogy, the stone variety sunstone is also called orange Aventurine Feldspar.
The mineralogical name for sunstone is aventurine Feldspar; the reddish color and sparkle are caused by tiny inclusions of Hematite and other iron oxides. A nowadays obsolete name for sunstone is heliolite or heliotite.