Where to Find Unakite in Tennessee
Tennessee has 5 mapped collecting spots that report unakite, spread across 3 counties. 5 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Every unakite spot we track in Tennessee
Best spotUnaka MountainsUnicoi County, TennesseePublic access · Epidote, Quartz, Unakite
Best spotRoan MountainCarter County, TennesseePublic access · Unakite
Del RioCocke County, TennesseePublic access · Unakite
Flag PondUnicoi County, TennesseePublic access · Unakite
Rag MountainCocke County, TennesseePublic access · Unakite
Standout unakite spots in Tennessee
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Roan Mountain
Carter County
Roan Mountain anchors the Unaka Range that gives unakite its name, and the pink-and-green epidote granite occurs as cobbles in the stream gravels and roadside cuts along the TN 143 corridor.
Unaka Mountains
Unicoi County
The Unaka Range is the type locality for unakite, the pink-and-green ornamental rock named after these mountains, an intergrowth of pink orthoclase, green epidote, and quartz weathered from the Precambrian basement.
Best counties for unakite in Tennessee
Ranked by the number of mapped unakite spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
Before you go
Read the unakite identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Unakite in the encyclopedia.
