A blend of greens and reds reminiscent of the colors of autumn. Unakite is named for the place from which it was discovered in South Carolina, U.S.A.

Helps balance and gives one stability. A grounding stone.

Unakite is an opaque mineral that is green with patches of red and pink. Unakite is a variety of granite that contains green epidote and pink feldspar (but lacks mica). Unakite was named for the Unaka Mountains in Tennessee, USA. Unakite is found in the USA and Africa.

First discovered in the United States in the Unakas mountains of North Carolina, unakite is an altered granite composed of pink orthoclase feldspar, green epidote, and generally clear quartz. It exists in various shades of green and pink and is usually mottled in appearance. In good quality unakite is considered a semiprecious stone, will take a good polish and is often used in jewelry and other lapidary work such as eggs, spheres and carvings.