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
Kornite	red, dark	Vitreous (Glassy)		6-7
Fergusonite-(Ce) *	red, dark	Vitreous - Metallic	brown, reddish	5.5-6.5
Bostwickite	red, dark	Vitreous - Metallic	red	1
Burnsite !	red, dark	Vitreous - Metallic	red	1-1.5
Getchellite	red, dark	Vitreous - Pearly	red, orange	1.5-2
Simferite	red, dark	Vitreous - Resinous	brown	5
Yamatoite !	red, dark		white	6-7
Pucherite #	red, dark brown	Vitreous - Adamantine	yellow	4
Marshite #	red, dark brownish	Adamantine - Greasy	yellow	2.5
Petewilliamsite !	red, dark brownish	Vitreous - Adamantine	brown, pale reddish	1.5-2.5
Kapustinite !	red, dark cherry	Vitreous (Glassy)	lilac, pale	6
Litvinskite !	red, dark cherry	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	5
Xanthoconite #	red, dark crimson	Adamantine	yellow, orange	2.5-3
Roselite #	red, dark rose	Vitreous (Glassy)	red, light	3.5
Roselite-beta #	red, dark rose	Vitreous (Glassy)	red, pale	3.5-4
Polybasite #	red, dark ruby	Sub Metallic	black, reddish	2.5-3
Petewilliamsite !	red, dark violet	Vitreous - Adamantine	brown, pale reddish	1.5-2.5
Ussingite #	red, dark violet	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	6.5
Vanadomalayaite	red, deep	Adamantine	red	6
Pyrargyrite #	red, deep	Sub Metallic	red, cherry	2.5
Manganipiemontite-(Sr) !	red, deep	Vitreous (Glassy)	red, brownish	6-7
Aramayoite #	red, deep blood	Metallic	black	2.5
Manganvesuvianite !	red, deep maroon	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	6-7
Quintinite-2H	red, deep orange	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	2
Priderite #	reddish	Adamantine	gray	7
Otavite #	reddish	Adamantine - Pearly	white	3.5-4
Yttrobetafite-(Y)	reddish	Greasy (Oily)		4.5-5.5
Sulfur #	reddish	Resinous	white	1.5-2.5
Selenium #	reddish	Sub Metallic	red	2
Galkhaite	reddish	Vitreous - Adamantine	orange	3
Axinite-(Mn) #	reddish	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	6.5-7
Picromerite #	reddish	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	2.5
Szmikite #	reddish	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	1.5
Avogadrite #	reddish	Vitreous - Greasy	colorless	-
Thomsenolite #	reddish	Vitreous - Greasy	white	2
Davidite-(La) #	reddish	Vitreous - Metallic	black, brownish	6
Natroalunite #	reddish	Vitreous - Pearly	white	3.5-4
Wiserite #	reddish	Vitreous - Silky	white	2.5
Valentinite #	reddish, brownish	Adamantine	white	2.5-3
Gmelinite-Ca !	red, flesh	Vitreous - Dull	white	4.5
Gmelinite-Na #	red, flesh	Vitreous - Dull	white	4.5
Maucherite #	red, grayish copper	Metallic	gray, blackish	5
Pyrostilpnite #	red, hyacinth	Adamantine	yellow, orange	2
Botryogen #	red, hyacinth	Vitreous (Glassy)	yellow, ochre	2
Minium #	red, light	Adamantine	orange, yellowish	2.5-3
Smithite #	red, light	Sub Metallic	red, vermilion	1.5-2
Perroudite	red, light	Vitreous - Adamantine	red, orange	2
Crandallite #	red, light	Vitreous - Dull	white	4
Elpidite #	red, light	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	7
Fedorite	red, light	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	-
Poitevinite	red, light	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	3-3.5
Congolite	red, light	Vitreous (Glassy)		6.5-7.5
Leucophoenicite #	red, light	Vitreous (Glassy)		5.5-6
Bermanite #	red, light	Vitreous - Resinous		3.5
Breithauptite #	red, light brown	Metallic	brown, reddish	3.5-4
Ussingite #	red, light violet	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	6.5
Deanesmithite	red, orange	Adamantine	red, orange	4.5-5
Pyrostilpnite #	red, orange	Adamantine	yellow, orange	2
Zippeite #	red, orange	Earthy (Dull)	white, yellow	2
Descloizite #	red, orange	Greasy (Oily)	green, light brownish	3.5
Pennantite #	red, orange	Pearly	yellow, brownish	2-3
Cetineite	red, orange	Resinous	orange	3.5
Smithite #	red, orange	Sub Metallic	red, vermilion	1.5-2
Fianelite !	red, orange	Vitreous - Adamantine	orange	3
Galkhaite	red, orange	Vitreous - Adamantine	orange	3
Reppiaite	red, orange	Vitreous (Glassy)	orange	3-3.5
Khomyakovite !	red, orange	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	5-6
Manganokhomyakovite !	red, orange	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	5-6
Painite #	red, orange	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	8
Pyrope #	red, orange	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	7.5
Amarantite #	red, orange	Vitreous (Glassy)	yellow	2.5
Durangite #	red, orange	Vitreous (Glassy)	yellow	5.5
Schaferite !	red, orange	Vitreous (Glassy)	yellow	5
Lopezite #	red, orange	Vitreous (Glassy)	yellow, light	2.5
Tinzenite #	red, orange	Vitreous (Glassy)		6.5-7
Zincobotryogen	red, orange	Vitreous - Greasy	yellow, light	2.5
Serandite #	red, orange	Vitreous - Pearly	white	4.5-5.5
Comancheite	red, orange	Vitreous - Resinous	orange	2
Ponomarevite	red, orange	Vitreous - Resinous	orange	2.5
Dachiardite-Ca #	red, orange	Vitreous - Silky	white	4-4.5
Varlamoffite *	red, orange	Waxy	yellow, light	6-6.5
Roscherite #	red, orange		brown, light	4.5
Coccinite !	red, orange		orange	2
Hydromolysite ?	red, orange		orange, yellow	-
Imgreite ?	red, pale rose	Metallic		4
Dellaventuraite !	red, pikish	Vitreous (Glassy)	pink, pale	5
Abelsonite	red, pinkish	Sub Metallic		2-2.5
Bieberite #	red, pinkish	Vitreous - Dull	white	2
Eudialyte #	red, pinkish	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	5-5.5
Magnesiodumortierite	red, pinkish	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	7.5
Phenakite #	red, pinkish	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	7.5-8
Rhodochrosite #	red, pinkish	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	3
Cuprite #	red, purple	Adamantine	red, brownish	3.5-4
Parkinsonite	red, purple	Adamantine	red, dark	2-2.5
Rauvite #	red, purple	Adamantine - Waxy	brown	-
Rickardite #	red, purple	Metallic	black	3.5
Erythrite #	red, purple	Pearly	red, pinkish	1.5-2
Chambersite	red, purple	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	7
Majorite	red, purple	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	7-7.5
Pyrope #	red, purple	Vitreous (Glassy)	white	7.5

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