Help Identifying? possibly ruby quartz?

[bmackint]

I found this specimen in the badlands in Alberta,I was wondering if anyone could help me identify these red stones?

 

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[fuss]

Could be garnets, but you can do a few tests to be sure such as a hardness test if able, also if you happen to have a UV light rubies will fluoresce bright red.

 

[smokeythecat]

Garnets in a schist matrix. These are metamorphic minerals. Yours are probably almandine garnets.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Granulite with garnets.

 

[Buckshotnc]

Agree, appears to be garnet