Description: Semi precious Stones Green Unakite Graduated Beads Handmade Necklace 17.5”. Beads size: 7mm and 4mm. It’s made in Virginia and I think stones has been found here. Between the stone beads, there are spacer beads of gold tone metal. Silver tone metal clasp. Description of Unakite: It was first found in the United States in the Unaka mountain range of North Carolina from which it gets its name. Unakite exists in various shades of green and pink and is usually mottled in appearance. A good quality unakite is considered a semiprecious stone; it will take a good polish and is often used in jewelry as beads or cabochons and other lapidarywork such as eggs, spheres and animal carvings. It is also referred to as epidotized or epidote granite. Structure In some of the Blue Ridge occurrences, an epidotized augen gneiss is present exhibiting foliation structures. The dominant green epidote in unakite rocks is the metasomatic alteration product of plagioclase feldspar, while the orthoclase and quartz crystals remain unaffected. Distribution Unakite can be found as pebbles and cobbles from glacial drift in the beach rock on the shores of Lake Superior. It also occurs in Virginia where it is found in the river valleys after having been washed down from the Blue Ridge Mountains. Unakite is not limited to the United States, and has also been reported in South Africa, Sierra Leone, Brazil, China and Australia
Price: 16.99 USD
Location: Palmyra, Virginia
End Time: 2024-12-12T14:45:41.000Z
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Brand: Handmade
Type: Necklace
Style: Beaded
Material: Semi-precious Stone
Metal: Gold Tone
Main Stone: Unakite
