>>>I JUST REDUCED THIS RARE ANT HILL GARNET FOR YOU ,PLEASE CHECK OUT THE BIG T.V.GEMSTONE SELLER FOR A PRICE COMPARISON,YOU WILL BE VERY SURPRISED! GOOD LUCK. I HAVE LISTED A EXTRA LARGE SIZE, A MARQUE CUT THAT WEIGHS 1.15 CARATS! THE SIZE IS 10.0x5.0x3.8mm AND MY PHOTOS ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO CAPTURING THE AWESOME RED COLOR & VS CLARITY..,... MY START PRICE IS VERY LOW,IN FACT I CAN REFER YOU TO ANOTHER SITE JUST SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THESE SELL FOR,I HOPE TO SEE SOME BIDS..ADD SOMETHING RARE & UNIQUE TO YOUR COLLECTION..Arizona pyrope garnet is called ant hill garnet because ants bring up the smaller crystals from below ground and deposit them in the ant hill when building or remodeling. Ant hill garnets are recognized as possessing the finest bright ruby-red color of the garnet family. During the 1800"s Navajos in this locale used the water-worn and rounded ant Hill garnet crystals as bullets. This use had both a practical side (the stones were there, and free) and an emotional appeal? the Navajos believed the blood-red color helped produce fatal wounds. Ant hill garnets occur in a remote section of the Navajo Nation in Arizona. The gems have never been mined commercially because there aren"t enough of them. That means these gems are beautiful... and rare. Gems over a carat are even more rare! The supply of these gems depends on those living nearby who collect a few stones after the occasional rainstorm and sell them to a few Vendors... THESE ARE QUITE RARE TODAY ANY QUESTIONS EMAIL ME PLEASE.....