BIG FANCY EMERALD CUT ARIZONA ANT HILL GARNET WITH FIERY BRILLIANCE AND COLOR

NATURAL FIERY ANT HILL GARNET MINED FROM ARIZONA BY NATIVE AMERICANS WITH ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AAA QUALITY. PERFECTLY FACETED INTO AN EMERALD OCTAGON SHAPED STEP CUT WITH A PREMIUM CUT GRADE. MEASURES 8X6 MM WITH A WEIGHT OF 2.15 CARATS WHICH IS VERY LARGE FOR THIS EXTREMELY RARE SPECIES OF GEMSTONE. FLAWLESS EYE CLEAN CLARITY AND BEAUTIFUL FIERY RED COLOR WITH VERY VERY SLIGHT PINK AND ORANGE UNDERTONES. VERY STRONG BRILLIANCE AND LUSTER. 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 GARNETS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR AMAZING CLARITY, BRILLIANCE, AND STUNNING COLOR. RANGING IN PINK, ORANGE, AND RED HUES, WHICH MAKES THEM VERY DIFFICULT TO MATCH.