uncommon
unakite
altered granite · epidote
The tell
A specific three-mineral combination: salmon-pink feldspar, pistachio-green epidote, and clear or grey quartz. If the green is missing it is just granite.
Unakite is granite that hot water got into and altered. The green is epidote replacing what used to be a dark mineral.
What it gets mistaken for
The facts
- also calledaltered granite · epidote
- age~1 billion yrs
- where it turns upevery shore · glacial float
- on the chartuncommon · 750 stickers ever
Put it on the shelf
Every stone on this chart is drawn and kiss-cut at three inches. The rarer the stone, the fewer exist: only 750 unakite will ever be printed, then the run is retired.
10% of every order goes to the Roscommon County Animal Shelter.