LOT OF 5 AAA QUALITY ARIZONA ANT HILL GARNETS / ALL PRINCESS CUT

LOT OF 5 NATURAL AND UNTREATED FACETED PRINCESS CUT ARIZONA ANT HILL GARNETS. EACH MEASURES 5X5 MM AND THE LOT HAS A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 2.65 CARATS. ALL HAVE FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND FIERY RED COLOR. ANT HILL GARNETS ARE A RARE FORM OF GARNET WHICH ARE ALWAYS COLLECTED BY PRIVATE PROSPECTORS AND ROCK HOUNDS BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ANY COMMERCIAL GATHERING PROCESSES FOR THIS ELUSIVE GEMSTONE IN PLACE. ANT HILL GARNETS GET THEIR NAME BECAUSE THEY ARE FOUND ATOP ANT HILL MOUNDS THROUGHOUT THE DESSERTS IN ARIZONA. ANTS ACTUALLY CARRY THE ROUGH CRYSTALS TO THE TOP OF EARTHS SURFACE SO THEY CAN BUILD THEIR UNOBSTRUCTED COLONIES UNDERGROUND. SINCE THE CRYSTALS ARE ACTUALLY CARRIED TO THE SURFACE BY INSECTS THEY ARE RARELY FOUND IN SIZES OVER 0.25 CARATS (AFTER FACETING). ANT HILL ARNETS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR AMAZING CLARITY, BRILLIANCE, AND STUNNING COLOR. RANGING IN PINK, ORANGE, AND RED HUES, WHICH MAKES THEM VERY DIFFICULT TO MATCH.