Altered granite · Unakite

Unakite

The pink-and-green mottled granite from the Unaka Mountains — cheap, hard and cheerful, best known in tumbled and bead form. Its variable three-mineral spot readings confirm it in seconds.

Colour
green

Transparency
Opaque

RI
1.520–1.760

SG
2.85–3.20

Mohs
6.0–7.0

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