🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Red Quartz?

[NorCalGal]

I live in N. Cali. Bought a house a few yrs ago and the property was not maintained. As i have been cleaning up it has become clear a quartz vein running through it but I also keep finding a lot of other interesting things. Hoping I can find out what some of them are. Thought I would start with these. Are these just red quartz or something else? Thanks in advance ☺️

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Easiest/best way to determine mineralogy is to crack it open and look at the fresh surfaces.

 

[russau]

I live in N. Cali. Bought a house a few yrs ago and the property was not maintained. As i have been cleaning up it has become clear a quartz vein running through it but I also keep finding a lot of other interesting things. Hoping I can find out what some of them are. Thought I would start with these. Are these just red quartz or something else? Thanks in advance ☺️ View attachment 2204684

Years back I remember a father & son were going by Norcalgold and socalgold (?) on this site if I remember correctly are you related to these two men ? or just a coincidence ?

 

[ToddsPoint]

It look like ferruginous quartzite. Quartzite stained with iron oxide. In the Midwest, Indians used it to make bannerstones.

 

[NorCalGal]

Years back I remember a father & son were going by Norcalgold and socalgold (?) on this site if I remember correctly are you related to these two men ? or just a coincidence ?

I don't have a brother so it's just a coincidence. I'm about 10mins from Coloma CA and gold panning is HUGE up here so I wouldn't be surprised to find quite a few folks close to me on here.

 

[NorCalGal]

It look like ferruginous quartzite. Quartzite stained with iron oxide. In the Midwest, Indians used it to make bannerstones.View attachment 2204738View attachment 2204739

I need to figure out the best lighting to take pics because even with all the pics I provided I don't feel like any of them show the pieces well. They are all very crystallized. They are just like raw crystal pieces but a deep red. They don't have layers like the photos you posted. But thanks so much for the input and I will definitely look into ferruginous quartzite more. 😊