Unakite Stone: Virtues of Unakite
Unakite is a stone of vision that balances emotions with spirituality . Provides anchoring when needed. Facilitates rebirth.
Help in working on healing past lives . Sheds light so that unhappiness can be transformed.
- Origin of the name: From the name of the Unaka mountains in the South of the United States
- Group belonging to: Altered granite
- Color(s): Green, yellow
- Symbol: Communication
- Hardness: 6 - 7
- Main deposits: United States, Austria, Mexico, Slovenia, Norway, South Africa
- Chemical composition: Calcium silicate, aluminum, iron
- Day of the week: Every day
Varieties of Unakite
Unakite is a variety of Granite which has the particularity of being composed of pink orthoclase, epidote which has a green color and quartz, most often colorless.
It comes in many shades of green and pink , with irregular-looking crystals.
Benefits and virtues of Unakite
On the mental level
On a mental level in lithotherapy, the stone allows the wearer to come face to face with him or herself . If it is worn for example as an Unakite pendant, the blockages linked to the past and being buried in the unconscious are eliminated little by little. This fine stone also allows you to learn to put situations into perspective but also to take a step back.
Very rare to find it in gem state, the stone is often found in honeycomb form . It responds perfectly to bone problems when it is mainly made up of beige. Otherwise, it responds to liver , intestine and gallbladder problems when it has green-yellow, green-dark touches, with light red traces.
Emotional plan
On a physical level in lithotherapy, the Unakite stone helps regulate all intestinal functions as well as the liver through the solar plexus chakra. Lithotherapists also work on the Root Chakra in order to act directly on bone problems, rheumatism, as well as fractures.
More generally, Unakite will help you strengthen your immune defense system .
Chakras
On a karmic level, Unakite is favorable to several chakras including that of the Solar Plexus , the Root Chakra or even the Frontal Chakra and the Heart Chakra .
Unakite is believed to confer a different benefit depending on the Chakra to which it is applied.
Astrological signs
Unakite is not favorable to a particular astrological sign, it would rather be beneficial to all signs .
Recharging and purification
After a while the stone gave all the energy it could.
Unakite is purified by immersing the stone in demineralized water for a few hours .
Its recharge is done by exposure to the rays of the sun or moon by placing the Unakite on a cluster of Quartz .
Meaning and History of Unakite
Discovered in 1874 in the southern United States , the Unakite stone owes its name to the mountains where it was found: the Unaka Mountains. This stone is also known as epidote stone. Originally, epidote was discovered by René Just Haüy in 1801 and owes its name to the Greek “epidosis” meaning “complement”.
Today, the Unakite stone is widely used in jewelry , particularly to make stone jewelry such as unakite necklaces, unakite bracelets or even small animals or small Buddhas.
