Unakite

Variegated Granite consisiting of pink Orthoclase Feldspar, green Epidote and colourless Quartz



Name: named after the first known source, the Unaka mountains in North Carolina, USA

Can be confused with: none

Localities: USA, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Brazil, China

Handling: Unakite is popular in the USA, outside the USA Unakite is only rarely used as a gemstone but widely used for gemstone carvings


       

Unakite from South Africa