🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Little green and red rocks.

[Dieseltechjon]

Not sure what these are. I'm greener than this here rock but it ended up in my cons along with the little red one. I would like to be able to ID them in the future.

 

[AU Seeker]

Where are these cons from, general location?

 

[Dieseltechjon]

Southern California. Near the cajon pass....if you are familiar with the area

 

[Retired Sarge]

Southern California. Near the cajon pass....if you are familiar with the area

Can't help with your question, but in the old days 85-88 I was at George AFB, aka Victorville.

 

[Dieseltechjon]

Can't help with your question, but in the old days 85-88 I was at George AFB, aka Victorville.

Thank you for your service. I have driven by that place a thousand times. Never knew it was an AFB. I think they call it So-Cal logistics airport now....at least google earth does.

 

[Retired Sarge]

Thank you for your service. I have driven by that place a thousand times. Never knew it was an AFB. I think they call it So-Cal logistics airport now....at least google earth does.

Thank you for the kind words. Yeah the base was shut down in 1992 if I'm remembering correctly. My dad, my father in law and I were all stationed there at the same time.

 

[Dieseltechjon]

Thank you for the kind words. Yeah the base was shut down in 1992 if I'm remembering correctly. My dad, my father in law and I were all stationed there at the same time.

I was about five years old when you guys were there. Living about seventy miles away.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Don't know about the green one, but that little red one could be a garnet.

 

[AU Seeker]

Southern California. Near the cajon pass....if you are familiar with the area

It's hard to ID rocks from photos so just a guess on my part and what could be in the area, the green rock could be epidote the red rock as mentioned could be garnet.

Both of these would be translucent to opaque so some light should be transmitted through them, so if either isn't then my guess is not correct.

 

[ToddsPoint]

I’ll go with episode and Jasper. Just a guess.

 

[russau]

I'd say red = Garnet & green = Peridot

 

[Tesorodeoro]

The red stone looks like a piece of Hematite. Typical in Northern California to be found in cons.

 

[AU Seeker]

The red stone looks like a piece of Hematite. Typical in Northern California to be found in cons.

He stated it's from Southern California, just an FYI Hematite is dark gray to black in color, but it does leave a red/brown streak.
There is however Hematite in the area he found this but it's the wrong color.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

He stated it's from Southern California, just an FYI Hematite is dark gray to black in color, but it does leave a red/brown streak.
There is however Hematite in the area he found this but it's the wrong color.

AU seeker, red hematite isn’t exclusive to Northern California. I’ve washed many pans with red to purple/silver/gray Hematite. It hangs with the gold just like magnetite.

Read here at the link below.
Wikipedia

 

[Tesorodeoro]

The red to purplish stones are Hematite.

Here is a very red piece of Hematite called Kidney Hematite in a very raw and pure form before being fractured and rounded. It’s not always like this.

 

[pepperj]

The red to purplish stones are Hematite.

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Here is a very red piece of Hematite called Kidney Hematite in a very raw and pure form before being fractured and rounded. It’s not always like this.
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Darn that looked almost like my Max's spleen.

 

[Dieseltechjon]

I did a scratch test on that piece that looks like hematite, and it came up red, however faint so I'm guessing its hematite? I got some close ups of that green rock too but like AU seeker mentioned it's hard to tell from photos.