A market-wide average across qualities and sizes. Your stone's value depends on carat, color, clarity, cut, treatment, and origin.
Sunstone is distinctive for its vibrant color range, which can include shades of orange, red, and yellow, often exhibiting a unique schiller effect due to inclusions of hematite or goethite. With a hardness of 6 to 7.5 on the Mohs scale, it is suitable for various jewelry applications and is commonly cut into cabochons or faceted stones.
Market averages will not price your stone. GemstoneAI identifies gems and jewelry from a photo, checks authenticity and treatment signals, and gives you a real market valuation in seconds. Free to try.
The GemstoneAI market index for sunstone is $61 per carat as of 2026-08-04. That is a market-wide average across qualities, not a quote for a specific stone. Individual value depends on carat, color, clarity, cut, treatment, and origin.
Visual tests alone are unreliable. GemstoneAI analyzes a photo of your stone for identity, treatment indicators, and authenticity signals, then estimates market value. It is free to try.
Over the past 30 days the sunstone index moved +1.9%. Gem prices move on supply, demand, and metal markets; treat any single stone as a collectible first and an asset second.