Crystals of Month: Epidote and Unakite

[Violet Moon]

Crystal of the Month:   Epidote and Unakite    

Epidote is a stone of amplification, as it has the tendency to increase and expand everything it touches, be it energy or material object. It can strengthen emotional and spiritual growth. It releases and purifies suppressed emotions ones and for all. Therefore epidote opens the doors toward spirituality, and individuals attracted to this stone often feel strong desire for spiritual awakening.  Its colour can vary depending on the iron concentration. It can be deeply green, brown, or almost black. It possesses a glassy appearance.  

Epidote is able to erase the barriers between us and the higher more spiritual worlds.   It can help receiving knowledge from reliable sources and using it properly. It grounds and intensifies the vibratory strength of the microcosm. 

Epidote is useful for cardiovascular problems, it strengthens the heart, and brings balance into the functioning of all organs. Epidote eases the breathing, helps the thyroid, stimulates digestion, and softens the skin. 

 

Epidote often takes part in the composition of unakite alongside pink orthoclase and other types of feldspar, and clear quartz. 

Unakite: When looking upon a highly polished unakite gemstone, it is easy to imagine a field of green growing plants with lovely warm peach colored flowers for it often looks like a slice of this scene was cut out and immediately frozen into the stone that we call unakite.

Some people call unakite, epidote but this is not completely accurate because unakite is a combination of gemstones, one of which is epidote, the others are feldspar and granite. It is interesting to note that the name epidote is derived from the Greek word epidosis which means %2