Unakite

Stories and legends

Unakite belongs to the family of altered granites. It is composed of aluminum, iron and calcium silicate. Its inclusions of green epidote, orthoclase (pink to orange-coloured feldspar) and colorless quartz gives it a wide range of colors very surprising. In fact, its base color evolves from yellow-green to dark green, and then has spots that vary from pink to reddish. Its monoclinic crystal system provides him with crystals that look irregularity, giving rise to all kinds of shapes.

In 1975, the geologist M. BRADLEY made the discovery of this fabulous stone in the Unaka Range, located in North Carolina in the United States. It called it unakite. Extracted from rocks hydrothermal, metasomatic and unakite is a metamorphic stone relatively recent.

There's no such thing as legends or myths linked to this stone. So it's a brand-new stone in the eyes of geologists. Occasionally, the unakite is confused with epidote. In fact, they are distinguished by the absence of quartz in epidote, which shows very few spots roses due to feldspar.

Unakite possesses a hardness of 6 to 7 on the Mohs scale. For In comparison, diamond has the hardest 10 on the same scale. It is therefore highly prized by jewellers who can work with it to create all kinds of jewelry. It is also widely used in the production of statuettes representing divinities, such as Buddha. Its colors and original creations unique.

The main deposits are in Brazil and South Africa, etc.

The benefits of unakite at lithotherapy

Benefits for your health psychic

Unakite is a stone from resilience. It allows you to rebuild yourself after bereavement, failure in love, redundancy abusive. It helps combat feelings of unexplained discomfort. It helps introspection and reconnection with the self of the interior. In this way, it can remove certain blockages caused by childhood trauma. It gives us the strength to accept and deal with them. to overcome in order to move forward life.

Thus, it is beneficial for people who lack confidence and self-esteem. It restores self-confidence for people who devalue themselves, often following a personal failure or professional. It encourages them to start again, to try again and not accept too much defeat easily. It allows you to defeat frustrations due to chess.

This stone promotes evacuation of negative energies, such as than anger, resentment and jealousy. The becomes more conciliatory and forgiving easily. She opens up to others without and loves to share with them. She makes a great deal of empathy and compassion, and understanding. On the other hand, people, suffering from an excessive temperament, learn to temper their ardour and manage their anger.

Benefits for your health physical

Unakite is renowned for its encourage wearers to drink enough water during the day.

Stress-relieving stone releases tension that can be a source of distress. in the body.

Placing an unakite in a bedroom provides quality sleep. The vitality and the desire to do more. return to work sport.

On the other hand, unakite promotes fluid circulation body care. It is also recommended for strengthen the body in its together.

Unakite and signs astrological associates

Unakite possesses numerous virtues and powerful benefits acting on all the natives of the zodiac. But sometimes its effectiveness is accentuated in certain astrological signs. For example for the following signs :

Aries : symbol dynamism, action and enthusiasm. This sign represents ardor, leadership and impulsiveness. Wearing a unakite teaches him to control his energy and to manage their anger. This sign is very impulsive and often acts on impulse. He is combative and always wants to be first. He can't bear to lose. So passionate, it can sometimes be violent. From a the most honest of them all, it's sorely lacking in diplomacy and doesn't hesitate to say out loud what what everyone else is thinking. It federates and his company is often sought-after. It has a warm and welcoming sympathetic. He needs to succeed in order to guarantee his income. life: he's a big spender. Faced with he knows how to bounce back and overcome difficulties encountered. We like it also for his sense of humor and his self-mockery. In love, he's on fire easily. It has an annoying tendency to fall many times. He loses credibility. He likes to conquer the other, then move on to another story. With years, he calmed down and aspired to found a family. Careful, because it needs passion and stimulation in his relationship ;
Virgin : symbol organization, methodology and analysis. This sign represents work rigor and perfection. Wearing an unakite helps him to overcome certain blockages dating back gives him the strength to overcome them. This sign is often anxious and worried. It is highly organized and tends to aim perfection. He is insanely demanding to himself and to others. He is a great who often puts his talents to good use of others. You could even say it's a real workaholic. Obsessed with order and cleanliness, he is extremely critical. He suffers from a severe lack of self-confidence and is often relegated to the background. He's sickly shy. He hides his anxieties behind a mask of coldness and hardness. A great susceptibility, he can't stand reproaches. However, he shows a great deal of kindness and enjoy helping others. At love, this sign is complex and full of modesty. He just can't let go and do it. confidence. He's always very afraid of being rejected. He likes solitude and if he gets married, it's more out of comfort than sincere love ;
Cancer : symbol family, origins and the past. This sign represents imagination, sensitivity and fertility. Wearing an unakite helps her to combat feelings of unease it encourages introspection and a sense of reconnecting with your inner self. Often anxious and fragile, it needs to evolve a world of gentleness, within his family. When he feels safe and secure, he becomes creative and is able to unleash his imagination. He has fear of abandonment and does everything to indispensable. He hides his shyness and fragility under a suit of armor. Sometimes he shows himself very unpleasant, and even aggressive, to themselves. protect. This sign is generous and loves to share with those around him. Adventure doesn't He prefers his routine. He likes hard-working, loyal, serious and very professional. He is always looking attention and has a narcissistic personality. In love, he is sentimental, tender and romantic. It is said is a member of the emotional dependency group. He can become very jealous and possessive. His partner will have to reassure him constantly. He wants a home, because adventures don't come easy. tempt him. He quickly becomes very protective with its family.

Unakite and the chakras

Unakite helps to the balance of the heart. It is located at the level of the sternum at the front and between the shoulder blades at back. The heart chakra, balanced, delivers unconditional love. It allows us to accept others and ourselves. Visit compassion, empathy and a sense of belonging. and caring. She likes to be of service other. She's a joy to be around. live.

The heart chakra, unbalanced, too open, leads to two types of of behaviours: either the person demonstrates of a devotional in order to receive recognition. Or, on the contrary, it is egocentric and narcissistic. She shows herself critical, jealous, possessive and demanding. She feels misunderstood and sometimes exploited.

The heart chakra, unbalanced, blocked, makes the person shut down to others, turned in on itself. It is indifferent to everything and everyone. It manifests hatred, jealousy and don't like each other herself. She is incapable of forgiveness. She suffers from the fear of abandonment.

The heart chakra, unbalanced, underactive, generates failures. The person is often disappointed and plunges into intellectual and physical activities. It no longer believes in love and closes herself off so as not to suffer.

Maintenance, purification and recharging the unakite

Since extraction to your home, your unakite could not nor purify or recharge themselves with the elements of nature, such as earth, water or sunlight. Handled by many times, she has been in contact with various influences, harmful or not.

As soon as it arrives in your home, it's essential to carry out a thorough purification and recharging. Operations The following maintenance work must be carried out at at least once a month or after a session of lithotherapy.

Plunge your unakite into a glass of spring water for 2 hours. Place your glass in the center of a plate filled with sea salt, which you throw on the outside of the home. Dry your stone gently with a soft cloth. For a lighter purification, use a bowl the Tibetan fumigation technique or the sage white.

Recharge your unakite with of the full moon, or place it in a container for amethyst geode or on a quartz cluster for 24 hours hours.