Unakite
Rock
Also called Epidotized granite and Epidote granite
About it
Mottled pink and pistachio-green rock: granite whose plagioclase has altered to green epidote beside pink feldspar and clear quartz. Named for the Unaka Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee; a favourite for tumbling and beads.
- Type
- Rock (igneous)
- Group
- Igneous (epidote-altered granite)
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 6–7
- Colours
- green and pink, mottled
- Transparency
- opaque
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.