Unakite Heart Pendant - Tumbled Stone Pendant

Pendant made out of Norwegian Unakite.

Unakite is popular because of its unique colours and composition which consists of pink feldspar, green epidote and colorless quartz and it is often used to make jewellery.

This piece of Unakite comes from Norway but there are other locations where it can be found, namely the Unakas Mountain Range in North Carolina in the USA where Unakite was first discovered and named after.

Tumbled Stones
These are stones that were tumble polished in a rock tumbler.
The rough stones are put into the tumbler with abrasive grit where they are tumbled for weeks, during this time the sharp edges are rounded off.
During the process, ever finer grits are used and so the stones are slowly getting a smooth and shiny surface.
The final stage of the tumbling process is using a special polishing powder instead of abrasive grit to polish the stones to a mirror finish.