Red pigment

[willjo]

Found a good size piece of what looks it might have been used to grind up and make red pigment for paint. also found some pottery, I thought more of it would fit together but after looking at it better there is pieces of three or more pots. some of pieces are hand size or bigger.

 

[creekhunter]

That's really cool, and finding pottery that large is sweet!

 

[NCPeaches]

Cool on the red pigment and love the pottery!

 

[rock]

I find the red pieces sometimes to. Nice pottery

 

[willjo]

I find the red pieces sometimes to. Nice pottery

I feel sure that is what this is because it was down in the sand about 3 feet deep with nothing else around it like the red stuff.

 

[Mark Todd]

Sure looks like a big chunk of red ochre, I've found a few smaller chunks over the years. If so it's a form of hematite that occurs naturally and of various colors ranging from red, orange, yellow, even purple I think and has been used since Paleo times as a dye pigment.