Need help with two I.D.'s (one pink and the other bright red)
19th Jan 2017 23:57 UTCRobert Darabos
The first one is small pink crystals in a green schist-like matrix.
I thought it was Calcite, because I thought the cleavage looked like that, but the hardness is much higher. A steel knife does not scratch them at all.
It is much more pink-colored than the photos show.
(material found in Guatemala)
The second piece has bright red. There is a large section of it, as well as smaller veins and sections in other pieces. The other side has a thin coating of a creamy white-pink mineral. The white-pink mineral I'm not sure, but it scratches easily. The red one I had thought Hematite, but I've never seen it this bright before. Thoughts?
