Red Colored Minerals

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Color Count Summary: 1-(cherry) 4-(copper) 1-(magenta, deep) 3-(maroon) 2-(mauve, pale) 128-(red) 1-(red, amethystine) 1-(red, aurora) 4-(red, black) 2-(red, blackish) 9-(red, blood) 3-(red, brick) 3-(red, bronze) 27-(red, brown) 31-(red, brownish) 11-(red, carmine) 6-(red, cherry) 1-(red, clear) 17-(red, copper) 1-(red, crimson) 52-(red, dark) 1-(red, dark brown) 2-(red, dark brownish) 2-(red, dark cherry) 1-(red, dark crimson) 2-(red, dark rose) 1-(red, dark ruby) 2-(red, dark violet) 3-(red, deep) 1-(red, deep blood) 1-(red, deep maroon) 1-(red, deep orange) 14-(reddish) 1-(reddish, brownish) 2-(red, flesh) 1-(red, grayish copper) 2-(red, hyacinth) 10-(red, light) 1-(red, light brown) 1-(red, light violet) 28-(red, orange) 1-(red, pale rose) 1-(red, pikish) 6-(red, pinkish) 13-(red, purple) 1-(red, purplish) 1-(red, raspberry) 7-(red, rose) 1-(red, ruby) 2-(red, scarlet) 3-(red, very dark) 8-(red, violet) 1-(red, vivid) 1-(red, wine) 1-(red, yellow) 7-(red, yellowish) 6-(rose) 1-(rose, light) 2-(rose, pale) 1-(rose, violet) 1-(rosy) 3-(vermilion)

Mineral Name	Color	Luster	Streak Color	Moh's
Amber *	red, brownish	Resinous	white	2-2.5
Ogdensburgite	red, brownish	Resinous	yellow, brown	2
Medaite	red, brownish	Subadamantine	white, yellow	-
Mutnovskite !	red, brownish	Subadamantine		2
Epidote-(Pb) !	red, brownish	Vitreous - Dull	white, brownish	6-7
Lavenite #	red, brownish	Vitreous - Dull	yellow	6
Traskite	red, brownish	Vitreous (Glassy)	brown, light reddish	5
Painite #	red, brownish	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	8
Raslakite !	red, brownish	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	5
Rhodonite #	red, brownish	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	6
Surkhobite !	red, brownish	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	4.5
Seidozerite #	red, brownish	Vitreous (Glassy)		4-5
Fergusonite-beta-(Nd)	red, brownish	Vitreous - Greasy	brown, pale	5.5-6.5
Namansilite	red, brownish	Vitreous - Pearly	red, brown	6-7
Almandine #	red, brownish	Vitreous - Resinous	white	7-8
Gasparite-(Ce)	red, brownish	Vitreous - Resinous	white	5
Hatrurite	red, brownish		white	6
Scacchite #	red, brownish		white	-
Molysite #	red, brownish		yellow, brownish	-
Ansermetite !	red, carmine	Adamantine	orange	3
Fourmarierite #	red, carmine	Adamantine	orange	3-4
Parkinsonite	red, carmine	Adamantine	red, dark	2-2.5
Burckhardtite	red, carmine	Adamantine - Pearly	red, light	2
Sarabauite	red, carmine	Resinous	orange	4.5
Lorandite #	red, carmine	Sub Metallic	red	2-2.5
Wolsendorfite #	red, carmine	Vitreous - Adamantine		5
Piemontite !	red, carmine	Vitreous (Glassy)	red	6-7
Strengite #	red, carmine	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	3.5
Masuyite #	red, carmine	Vitreous (Glassy)		-
Carminite #	red, carmine	Vitreous - Pearly	yellow, reddish	3.5
Kermesite #	red, cherry	Adamantine	red, brownish	1.5-2
Tazheranite	red, cherry	Adamantine - Greasy	white	7.5
Hutchinsonite #	red, cherry	Sub Metallic	red	1.5-2
Ungarettiite	red, cherry	Vitreous - Adamantine	white, pale pinkish	6
Cerite-(Ce) #	red, cherry	Vitreous - Adamantine		5.5
Jeromite ?	red, cherry		black, reddish	-
Millosevichite #	red, clear		red	1.5
Erdite	red, copper	Metallic	black	2
Bornite #	red, copper	Metallic	black, grayish	3
Linnaeite #	red, copper	Metallic	black, grayish	4.5-5.5
Siegenite #	red, copper	Metallic	black, grayish	5-5.5
Breithauptite #	red, copper	Metallic	brown, reddish	3.5-4
Polydymite #	red, copper	Metallic	gray, black	4.5-5.5
Nukundamite	red, copper	Metallic	gray, dark	3.5
Imhofite	red, copper	Metallic	purple	2
Copper #	red, copper	Metallic	rose	2.5-3
Carrollite #	red, copper	Metallic		4.5-5.5
Freboldite #	red, copper	Metallic		2.5-3
Idaite #	red, copper	Metallic		2.5-3.5
Maldonite #	red, copper	Metallic		1.5-2
Violarite #	red, copper	Metallic		4.5-5.5
Ludlockite	red, copper	Subadamantine	brown, light	1.5-2
Sursassite #	red, copper	Vitreous (Glassy)	brown, yellowish	-
Parsettensite #	red, copper	Vitreous (Glassy)	yellow, brownish	1.5
Christite	red, crimson	Adamantine	orange, light	1-2
Robertsite	red, dark	Adamantine	brown	3.5
Chubutite *	red, dark	Adamantine	orange	2.5-3
Pyrobelonite #	red, dark	Adamantine	orange, red	3.5
Barnesite	red, dark	Adamantine	red, brownish	-
Tausonite	red, dark	Adamantine	white, brownish	6-6.5
Nabiasite !	red, dark	Adamantine	yellow, dark orangish	4-4.5
Phoenicochroite #	red, dark	Adamantine - Resinous	orange, yellow	2.5
Chevkinite-(Ce) #	red, dark	Earthy (Dull)	black	5-5.5
Purpurite #	red, dark	Earthy (Dull)	red	4-5
Sarkinite #	red, dark	Greasy (Oily)	yellow	4-5
Grimaldiite	red, dark	Metallic	red	3.5-4.5
Laffittite	red, dark	Metallic	red, brownish	3.5
Vrbaite #	red, dark	Metallic	red, light	3.5
Mcconnellite	red, dark	Metallic		5.5
Koenenite #	red, dark	Pearly	white	1.5
Zirconolite-3O #	red, dark	Resinous	brown, dark	5.5
Yukonite #	red, dark	Resinous	brown, light	2-3
Laphamite	red, dark	Resinous	orange, red	1-2
Tegengrenite !	red, dark	Subadamantine		-
Cafarsite	red, dark	Sub Metallic	brown, yellowish	5.5-6
Realgar #	red, dark	Sub Metallic	orange	1.5-2
Zincite #	red, dark	Sub Metallic	orange, yellowish	4-5
Demicheleite-(Br) !	red, dark	Sub Metallic	red	-
Gillulyite	red, dark	Sub Metallic	red	2-2.5
Jentschite !	red, dark	Sub Metallic	red, dark	2-2.5
Pyrophanite #	red, dark	Sub Metallic	yellow, ochre	5
Tranquillityite	red, dark	Sub Metallic		-
Wakefieldite-(Ce)	red, dark	Vitreous - Adamantine	brown, rusty	4.5
Poyarkovite	red, dark	Vitreous - Adamantine	red	2-2.5
Beraunite #	red, dark	Vitreous - Dull	brown, green	2
Piemontite-(Sr) !	red, dark	Vitreous (Glassy)	brown, purple	6
Sewardite !	red, dark	Vitreous (Glassy)	brown, reddish	3.5
Wallkilldellite	red, dark	Vitreous (Glassy)	orange, light	3
Maxwellite	red, dark	Vitreous (Glassy)	orange, red	5-5.5
Jarosewichite	red, dark	Vitreous (Glassy)	orange, reddish	4
Friedelite #	red, dark	Vitreous (Glassy)	pink	4-5
Tinsleyite	red, dark	Vitreous (Glassy)	pink	5
Cobaltomenite #	red, dark	Vitreous (Glassy)	pink, dark	2-2.5
Mozartite	red, dark	Vitreous (Glassy)	red	6
Pararobertsite	red, dark	Vitreous (Glassy)	red, brown	2
Leakeite	red, dark	Vitreous (Glassy)	red, light	6
Ekanite	red, dark	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	4.5
Magnussonite #	red, dark	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	3.5-4
Villiaumite #	red, dark	Vitreous (Glassy)	white, pinkish	2.5
Holdenite #	red, dark	Vitreous (Glassy)		4

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