Polished Pyrope Garnets
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
Photograph
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