Cooperative

Two minerals in one stone that only became beautiful by mixing.

Unakite · The Law of Path

Family: Altered granite — pink feldspar, green epidote, clear quartz
Hardness: 6–7 on the Mohs scale
Colour: Pistachio green mottled with salmon pink
Signature: Named for the Unaka range of North Carolina and Tennessee

The stone read as the word

Unakite is not one mineral; it is a partnership. Granite was altered by hot fluid and the feldspar went pink while epidote grew green through it. Neither one alone is a gem. Together they are collectible.

It takes a very high polish for a rock made of three different hardnesses — cooperation making a smoother surface than any single member could.

What it is carried for

Carried for shared work and unlike partners.
Held when the credit belongs to more than one name.