Great South Gems & Minerals

• Large Apache Tears • 
(Arizona)

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• Large Apache Tears • 

Iron oxide - Nature's Own Magnet - Lodestone

24 piece flat of real large Apache Tears. These specimens have been cleaned of matrix. From Arizona. These are natural glass volcanic nodules, found in Perlite matrix.

These stones are so called as a result of a legand of a very sad event that took place in American history. The natural glass nodules are found in an area near Superior, Arizona. Back during the mid 1800's right near the site where the stones are being found, near Superior, Arizona, there is a large plateau where a band of Apache Indians chose to commit suicide, rather than surrender to the US Calvary. These brave men chose to jump off a very high cliff of the plateau rather than be captured or driven off to reservations. The story goes that for many years after this tragic event, Apache women would gather at the base of the cliffs, cry, chant, and make offerings to those brave relatives that had given their lives for the cause of freedom. It is said the the bones of these brave men, bleached white by the sun and weather, could be seen from the base of the cliffs. The story goes, that the tears of the weeping women are now found in the area as these smooth, round, glassy nodules. Thus the legend of the Apache tears.

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