Is this rose or red quartz?
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Theodocious
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Looks like rose quartz before the creek motion weathered the stone. Nice find!
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I do see rose quartz, BUT, the red staining could be iron, or some kind of inclusion, probably of iron origin, possibly hemetite. Just a guess though.
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ferruginous quartz (like Zim said, hematite stained)
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