RARE FACETED PEAR CUT ARIZONA ANT HILL GARNET / FIERY RED COLOR

VERY RARE FACETED PEAR CUT ARIZONA MINED ANT HILL GARNET. MEASURES 8X5 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.07 CARATS. HAS EXCELLENT EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND SATURATED RED COLOR. ANT HILL GARNETS ARE MINED FROM A LARGE APACHE NATIVE AMERICA RESERVATION LOCATED IN ARIZONA. THESE BRIGHT RED SMALL SIZED CRYSTALS HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED BY LOCALS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, AND WERE ORIGINALLY USED AS SLINGSHOT AMMUMITION BY NATIVE AMERICANS WHO BELIEVED THE BRIGHT RED COLOR SYMBOLIZED THE BLOOD OF THEIR PREY. ANT HILL GARNETS ARE CARRIED TO EARTHS SURFACE BY ANTS BUILDING LARGE COLONIES, FOR THIS REASON THEY ARE USUALLY VERY SMALL IN SIZE (0.01 - 0.20 CARATS AFTER FACETING). ANT HILL GARNETS OVER 0.50 CARATS ARE CONSIDERED EXTREMELY RARE AND OFTEN OF INVESTMENT SIZE. ALSO KNOWN FOR THEIR VERY VIBRANT AND VIVID RED COLOR WHICH SOMETIMES HAS AN ORANGE OR PINK HUE WHICH GREATLY ADDS TO THE VALUE.