Polished Pyrope Garnets

Polished Pyrope Garnets from Navajo Indian Reservation, McKinley County, New Mexico

Collection

John Betts - Fine Minerals

Description

About a hundred polished and tumbled irregular nuggets of translucent Pyrope Garnet. The Navajo Indians locate these Garnets by looking for Garnets excavated by ants in their ant hills. Beautiful color and transparency.


Cut

100 tumbled nuggets

Locality

Navajo Indian Reservation, McKinley County, New Mexico


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