HIGH DOME CABOCHON UNAKITE WHICH IS NOW READY FOR ANY JEWELLERY SETTING HIGH POLISHED STONE.

WEIGHT : 11.65 CTS 

SIZE  MM: 18 X 12 X 5

  ( 6 MM IS APPROX 1/4 INCH )

CODE : G 608

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 colorless 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 other carvings like animals. It is also referred to as epidotized granite. In some of the Blue Ridge occurrences an epidotized augen gneiss is present exhibiting foliation structures.