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Unakite is a type of altered granite, an igneous rock composed mainly of green Epidote, pink Orthoclase Feldspar, and often clear to grey Quartz. This unique combination creates a beautiful, mottled colour palette of sage green, moss green, and salmon or dusty pink. It possesses a durable structure and polishes to a beautiful, waxy lustre, making it an excellent material for ornamental carvings, beads, and jewellery.

Unakite is known as the "Stone of Vision, Balance, and Nurturing." It carries a gentle, yet powerful energy that balances the emotional, spiritual, and physical bodies, helping to gently release emotions that are blocking growth. It is a stone of vision, aiding the user in reaching a calm and centred state during meditation, which facilitates psychic vision and spiritual insight. Unakite is particularly effective for releasing the past, promoting rebirth, and supporting those recovering from emotional trauma or grief, encouraging a feeling of hope and emotional well-being.

Hardness: 6 to 7 on the Mohs scale (due to the Quartz and Feldspar content, making it reasonably durable).

Chakra: Primarily the Heart Chakra (for compassion and emotional healing) and the Third Eye Chakra (for vision and insight).

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio, Gemini, and Aries.

Benefits: Promotes emotional balance and nurturing, aids in releasing the past and encouraging rebirth, enhances spiritual vision and intuitive insight, provides gentle support during grief and trauma, and helps to dissolve emotional blockages and confusion.

Source: USA (North Carolina), China, South Africa, Sierra Leone, and Brazil.

How to use Unakite

Place it in your home: Keep a piece in a bedroom or living space to promote an atmosphere of peace, harmony, and emotional nurture, which supports restful sleep.

Meditate with it: Hold the stone or place it on your Third Eye Chakra during meditation to gently open it, enhancing psychic vision and intuitive insight while maintaining emotional balance.

Carry it: Keep a piece in your pocket or bag, especially when working on releasing emotional pain or old beliefs from the past, drawing on its constant, supportive energy.

Wear it: As jewellery (a pendant close to the heart is ideal) for continuous access to its balancing, nurturing, and emotionally supportive vibration throughout the day.

Use for inner work: Use the stone when engaged in therapy or self-reflection focused on past-life regression or releasing childhood trauma, as it encourages a gentle yet profound journey into the past for healing.