Custom Wire Unakite Rockbridge County VA Necklace/Pendant/slide/Enhancer Sterling Silver .935
Overall size: 2 x 7/8 inch or 51mm x 22mm
Custom cut and polished by Melvin H. Sorrells whom we believe also collected this Unakite
This local Virginia Stone was the Unofficial State Stone of Virginia for many years. 2016 Nelsonite was voted at the Virginia State Stone. "Take Home A Piece of Virginia" Stone.
UNAKITE LOCALITIES
Unakite is named after the Unaka mountain range of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, where it was first discovered and described. Similar material is found in many other locations. It is known as the Pompton Granite in a 1/2-square-mile outcrop in the Piedmont physiographic province of New Jersey. That small area has produced architectural stone that has been used in many prominent buildings of New Jersey and surrounding states. [3]
Many locations in the Blue Ridge physiographic Province of Virginia have been mined to produce unakite for construction, architectural, and lapidary use.