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the green-and-pink stone that looks like a watermelon got into geology
means Unakite is a mottled green-and-pink rock — an altered granite where the feldspar has turned pink and green epidote fills in the rest — often polished into beads and tumbled stones.
from Named for the Unaka Mountains along the Tennessee–North Carolina border, where the stone was first identified; 'Unaka' itself comes from a Cherokee word meaning roughly 'white.' The mineral name simply tacks the geological '-ite' suffix onto the place — a 19th-century American coinage that carries an Appalachian range in its first syllables.
- true name
- an altered granite, not a single mineral
- the mix
- green epidote plus pink feldspar plus quartz
- named for
- the Unaka Mountains of the Carolinas
- tumbler favorite
- hard enough to polish to a glassy shine
granite creek unakite — pink-and-green stone found in unaka mountains, tennessee-north carolina border, named for the mountain range
brazil unakite deposits — major commercial unakite source in brazil, particularly in minas gerais state, widely used for jewelry and tumbled stones