RED Minerals Sorted By Color (original) (raw)
Colors Luster Mineral Name
cherry Greasy (Oily) Arseniopleite
copper Metallic Auricupride copper Metallic Benjaminite copper Metallic Bornhardtite copper Metallic Nickeline
crimson Vitreous - Greasy Tugtupite
magenta, deep Resinous - Waxy Woodallite ! maroon Sub Metallic Gillulyite maroon Vitreous - Dull Epidote-(Pb) maroon Vitreous - Silky Macfallite mauve, pale Vitreous (Glassy) Gaultite mauve, pale Vitreous (Glassy) Indialite
red Adamantine Arsenoclasite red Adamantine Crocoite red Adamantine Cuprite red Adamantine Fourmarierite red Adamantine Hypercinnabar red Adamantine Iltisite ! red Adamantine Kermesite red Adamantine Kolfanite red Adamantine Lithiowodginite red Adamantine Montroydite red Adamantine Spiroffite red Adamantine Tausonite red Adamantine Tillmannsite ! red Adamantine - Greasy Alacranite red Adamantine - Greasy Tazheranite red Adamantine - Resinous Mimetite red Adamantine - Resinous Monazite-(Nd) red Adamantine - Resinous Titanite red Greasy (Oily) Carnallite red Greasy (Oily) Litharge red Metallic Bismuth red Metallic Copper red Metallic Duranusite red Metallic Erdite red Metallic Idaite red Metallic Katoptrite red Metallic Koragoite red Metallic Luzonite red Metallic Schafarzikite red Pearly Clintonite red Resinous Clinochrysotile red Resinous Jixianite red Resinous Sarabauite red Resinous Uranpyrochlore red Resinous - Greasy Sphalerite red Silky Hewettite red Silky Kottigite red Silky Metahewettite red Silky Parachrysotile red Silky Sarcopside red Sub Metallic Fangite red Sub Metallic Gillulyite red Sub Metallic Lepidocrocite red Sub Metallic Lorandite red Sub Metallic Metastibnite red Sub Metallic Pseudorutile red Sub Metallic Vyalsovite red Vitreous - Adamantine Poyarkovite red Vitreous - Adamantine Synadelphite red Vitreous - Adamantine Wolsendorfite red Vitreous - Dull Arsenolite red Vitreous - Dull Opal red Vitreous - Greasy Fergusonite-beta-(Ce) red Vitreous - Greasy Fergusonite-beta-(Nd) red Vitreous - Greasy Ferronigerite-2N1S red Vitreous - Greasy Hauyne red Vitreous - Greasy Hureaulite red Vitreous - Greasy Paulingite-K red Vitreous - Greasy Paulingite-Na red Vitreous - Greasy Tephroite red Vitreous - Metallic Davidite-(Ce) red Vitreous - Pearly Aspidolite red Vitreous - Pearly Fritzscheite red Vitreous - Pearly Geigerite red Vitreous - Pearly Stilbite-Ca red Vitreous - Pearly Stilbite-Na red Vitreous - Resinous Almandine red Vitreous - Resinous Comancheite red Vitreous - Resinous Dravite red Vitreous - Resinous Norbergite red Vitreous - Resinous Plumbopyrochlore red Vitreous - Resinous Spessartine red Vitreous - Silky Ferrierite-K red Vitreous - Silky Ferrierite-Mg red Vitreous - Silky Ferrierite-Na red Vitreous - Silky Natrolite red Vitreous - Silky Wollastonite-1A red Vitreous - Silky Wollastonite-2M red Vitreous - Silky Wollastonite-3A-4A-5A-7A red Vitreous (Glassy) Ahlfeldite red Vitreous (Glassy) Amarantite red Vitreous (Glassy) Andalusite red Vitreous (Glassy) Andradite red Vitreous (Glassy) Anorthite red Vitreous (Glassy) Apatite red Vitreous (Glassy) Bafertisite red Vitreous (Glassy) Clinoptilolite-K red Vitreous (Glassy) Corundum red Vitreous (Glassy) Durangite red Vitreous (Glassy) Ericaite red Vitreous (Glassy) Erythrosiderite red Vitreous (Glassy) Eudialyte red Vitreous (Glassy) Ferrokentbrooksite red Vitreous (Glassy) Fluorite red Vitreous (Glassy) Franciscanite-III red Vitreous (Glassy) Franciscanite-VIII red Vitreous (Glassy) Gillespite red Vitreous (Glassy) Gismondine red Vitreous (Glassy) Harmotome red Vitreous (Glassy) Hyalophane red Vitreous (Glassy) Kremersite red Vitreous (Glassy) Leningradite red Vitreous (Glassy) Liddicoatite red Vitreous (Glassy) Lopezite red Vitreous (Glassy) Magnesiodumortierite red Vitreous (Glassy) Manganoneptunite red Vitreous (Glassy) Masuyite red Vitreous (Glassy) Meliphanite red Vitreous (Glassy) Montgomeryite red Vitreous (Glassy) Neptunite red Vitreous (Glassy) Painite red Vitreous (Glassy) Phosphosiderite red Vitreous (Glassy) Piemontite red Vitreous (Glassy) Rappoldite ! red Vitreous (Glassy) Rhodochrosite red Vitreous (Glassy) Sarcolite red Vitreous (Glassy) Schaferite ! red Vitreous (Glassy) Spinel red Vitreous (Glassy) Stellerite red Vitreous (Glassy) Strengite red Vitreous (Glassy) Topaz red Vitreous (Glassy) Wendwilsonite red, amethystine Vitreous (Glassy) Clinohedrite red, aurora Sub Metallic Realgar red, black Vitreous - Pearly Hematolite red, black Vitreous - Resinous Almandine red, black Vitreous (Glassy) Jinshajiangite red, black Vitreous (Glassy) Pyrope red, blackish Metallic Hematite red, blackish Sub Metallic Miargyrite red, blood Adamantine Robertsite red, blood Adamantine Rutile red, blood Earthy (Dull) Macaulayite red, blood Sub Metallic Melanostibite red, blood Sub Metallic Pyrophanite red, blood Vitreous - Pearly Getchellite red, blood Vitreous - Pearly Hematolite red, blood Vitreous (Glassy) Pyrope red, brick Greasy (Oily) Uranosphaerite red, brick Vitreous - Dull Epidote-(Pb) red, bronze Adamantine - Resinous Mitridatite red, bronze Metallic Haapalaite red, bronze Metallic Pyrrhotite red, brown Adamantine Barnesite red, brown Adamantine Cuprite red, brown Adamantine Kassite red, brown Adamantine Rutile red, brown Adamantine Tausonite red, brown Adamantine Uranopolycrase red, brown Adamantine Vanadinite red, brown Adamantine - Metallic Srebrodolskite red, brown Adamantine - Waxy Rauvite red, brown Greasy (Oily) Mottramite red, brown Metallic Galaxite red, brown Resinous Jixianite red, brown Sub Metallic Steenstrupine-(Ce) red, brown Vitreous - Dull Stilpnomelane red, brown Vitreous - Greasy Allactite red, brown Vitreous - Greasy Ancylite-(Ce) red, brown Vitreous - Pearly Hematolite red, brown Vitreous (Glassy) Amarantite red, brown Vitreous (Glassy) Bustamite red, brown Vitreous (Glassy) Douglasite red, brown Vitreous (Glassy) Erythrosiderite red, brown Vitreous (Glassy) Friedelite red, brown Vitreous (Glassy) Jinshajiangite red, brown Vitreous (Glassy) Kremersite red, brown Vitreous (Glassy) Nanlingite red, brown Vitreous (Glassy) Richterite red, brownish Adamantine Iltisite red, brownish Adamantine Manganlotharmeyerite ! red, brownish Adamantine Minium red, brownish Adamantine Montroydite red, brownish Adamantine Nierite red, brownish Adamantine Parkinsonite red, brownish Adamantine Tillmannsite red, brownish Adamantine - Pearly Astrophyllite red, brownish Metallic Hastite ? red, brownish Metallic Koragoite red, brownish Metallic Moeloite red, brownish Resinous Amber red, brownish Resinous Ogdensburgite red, brownish Subadamantine Medaite red, brownish Subadamantine Mutnovskite red, brownish Vitreous - Dull Epidote-(Pb) red, brownish Vitreous - Dull Lavenite red, brownish Vitreous - Greasy Fergusonite-beta-(Nd) red, brownish Vitreous - Pearly Namansilite red, brownish Vitreous - Resinous Almandine red, brownish Vitreous - Resinous Gasparite-(Ce) red, brownish Vitreous (Glassy) Painite red, brownish Vitreous (Glassy) Raslakite ! red, brownish Vitreous (Glassy) Rhodonite red, brownish Vitreous (Glassy) Seidozerite red, brownish Vitreous (Glassy) Surkhobite ! red, brownish Vitreous (Glassy) Traskite red, carmine Adamantine Ansermetite ! red, carmine Adamantine Fourmarierite red, carmine Adamantine Parkinsonite red, carmine Adamantine - Pearly Burckhardtite red, carmine Resinous Sarabauite red, carmine Sub Metallic Lorandite red, carmine Vitreous - Adamantine Wolsendorfite red, carmine Vitreous - Pearly Carminite red, carmine Vitreous (Glassy) Masuyite red, carmine Vitreous (Glassy) Piemontite red, carmine Vitreous (Glassy) Strengite red, cherry Adamantine Kermesite red, cherry Adamantine - Greasy Tazheranite red, cherry Sub Metallic Hutchinsonite red, cherry Vitreous - Adamantine Cerite-(Ce) red, cherry Vitreous - Adamantine Ungarettiite red, copper Metallic Bornite red, copper Metallic Breithauptite red, copper Metallic Carrollite red, copper Metallic Copper red, copper Metallic Erdite red, copper Metallic Freboldite red, copper Metallic Idaite red, copper Metallic Imhofite red, copper Metallic Linnaeite red, copper Metallic Maldonite red, copper Metallic Nukundamite red, copper Metallic Polydymite red, copper Metallic Siegenite red, copper Metallic Violarite red, copper Subadamantine Ludlockite red, copper Vitreous (Glassy) Parsettensite red, copper Vitreous (Glassy) Sursassite red, crimson Adamantine Christite red, dark Adamantine Barnesite red, dark Adamantine Chubutite * red, dark Adamantine Nabiasite ! red, dark Adamantine Pyrobelonite red, dark Adamantine Robertsite red, dark Adamantine Tausonite red, dark Adamantine - Resinous Phoenicochroite red, dark Earthy (Dull) Chevkinite-(Ce) red, dark Earthy (Dull) Purpurite red, dark Greasy (Oily) Sarkinite red, dark Metallic Grimaldiite red, dark Metallic Laffittite red, dark Metallic Mcconnellite red, dark Metallic Vrbaite red, dark Pearly Koenenite red, dark Resinous Laphamite red, dark Resinous Yukonite red, dark Resinous Zirconolite-3O red, dark Sub Metallic Cafarsite red, dark Sub Metallic Demicheleite-(Br) ! red, dark Sub Metallic Gillulyite red, dark Sub Metallic Jentschite red, dark Sub Metallic Pyrophanite red, dark Sub Metallic Realgar red, dark Sub Metallic Tranquillityite red, dark Sub Metallic Zincite red, dark Subadamantine Tegengrenite ! red, dark Vitreous - Adamantine Poyarkovite red, dark Vitreous - Adamantine Wakefieldite-(Ce) red, dark Vitreous - Dull Beraunite red, dark Vitreous - Metallic Bostwickite red, dark Vitreous - Metallic Burnsite ! red, dark Vitreous - Metallic Fergusonite-(Ce) * red, dark Vitreous - Pearly Getchellite red, dark Vitreous - Resinous Simferite red, dark Vitreous (Glassy) Cobaltomenite red, dark Vitreous (Glassy) Ekanite red, dark Vitreous (Glassy) Friedelite red, dark Vitreous (Glassy) Holdenite red, dark Vitreous (Glassy) Jarosewichite red, dark Vitreous (Glassy) Kornite red, dark Vitreous (Glassy) Leakeite red, dark Vitreous (Glassy) Magnussonite red, dark Vitreous (Glassy) Maxwellite red, dark Vitreous (Glassy) Mozartite red, dark Vitreous (Glassy) Pararobertsite red, dark Vitreous (Glassy) Piemontite-(Sr) ! red, dark Vitreous (Glassy) Sewardite ! red, dark Vitreous (Glassy) Tinsleyite red, dark Vitreous (Glassy) Villiaumite red, dark Vitreous (Glassy) Wallkilldellite red, dark brown Vitreous - Adamantine Pucherite red, dark brownish Adamantine - Greasy Marshite red, dark brownish Vitreous - Adamantine Petewilliamsite red, dark cherry Vitreous (Glassy) Kapustinite ! red, dark cherry Vitreous (Glassy) Litvinskite ! red, dark crimson Adamantine Xanthoconite red, dark rose Vitreous (Glassy) Roselite red, dark rose Vitreous (Glassy) Roselite-beta red, dark ruby Sub Metallic Polybasite red, dark violet Vitreous - Adamantine Petewilliamsite ! red, dark violet Vitreous (Glassy) Ussingite red, deep Adamantine Vanadomalayaite red, deep Sub Metallic Pyrargyrite red, deep Vitreous (Glassy) Manganipiemontite-(Sr) ! red, deep blood Metallic Aramayoite red, deep maroon Vitreous (Glassy) Manganvesuvianite ! red, deep orange Vitreous (Glassy) Quintinite-2H red, flesh Vitreous - Dull Gmelinite-Ca red, flesh Vitreous - Dull Gmelinite-Na red, grayish copper Metallic Maucherite red, hyacinth Adamantine Pyrostilpnite red, hyacinth Vitreous (Glassy) Botryogen red, light Adamantine Minium red, light Sub Metallic Smithite red, light Vitreous - Adamantine Perroudite red, light Vitreous - Dull Crandallite red, light Vitreous - Resinous Bermanite red, light Vitreous (Glassy) Congolite red, light Vitreous (Glassy) Elpidite red, light Vitreous (Glassy) Fedorite red, light Vitreous (Glassy) Leucophoenicite red, light Vitreous (Glassy) Poitevinite red, light brown Metallic Breithauptite red, light violet Vitreous (Glassy) Ussingite red, orange Adamantine Deanesmithite red, orange Adamantine Pyrostilpnite red, orange Earthy (Dull) Zippeite red, orange Greasy (Oily) Descloizite red, orange Pearly Pennantite red, orange Resinous Cetineite red, orange Sub Metallic Smithite red, orange Vitreous - Adamantine Fianelite ! red, orange Vitreous - Adamantine Galkhaite red, orange Vitreous - Greasy Zincobotryogen red, orange Vitreous - Pearly Serandite red, orange Vitreous - Resinous Comancheite red, orange Vitreous - Resinous Ponomarevite red, orange Vitreous - Silky Dachiardite-Ca red, orange Vitreous (Glassy) Amarantite red, orange Vitreous (Glassy) Durangite red, orange Vitreous (Glassy) Khomyakovite red, orange Vitreous (Glassy) Lopezite red, orange Vitreous (Glassy) Manganokhomyakovite red, orange Vitreous (Glassy) Painite red, orange Vitreous (Glassy) Pyrope red, orange Vitreous (Glassy) Reppiaite red, orange Vitreous (Glassy) Schaferite red, orange Vitreous (Glassy) Tinzenite red, orange Waxy Varlamoffite red, pale rose Metallic Imgreite ? red, pikish Vitreous (Glassy) Dellaventuraite ! red, pinkish Sub Metallic Abelsonite red, pinkish Vitreous - Dull Bieberite red, pinkish Vitreous (Glassy) Eudialyte red, pinkish Vitreous (Glassy) Magnesiodumortierite red, pinkish Vitreous (Glassy) Phenakite red, pinkish Vitreous (Glassy) Rhodochrosite red, purple Adamantine Cuprite red, purple Adamantine Parkinsonite red, purple Adamantine - Waxy Rauvite red, purple Metallic Rickardite red, purple Pearly Erythrite red, purple Vitreous - Greasy Allactite red, purple Vitreous - Pearly Getchellite red, purple Vitreous (Glassy) Chambersite red, purple Vitreous (Glassy) Cobaltkoritnigite red, purple Vitreous (Glassy) Majorite red, purple Vitreous (Glassy) Pyrope red, purple Vitreous (Glassy) Yoderite red, purplish Vitreous - Pearly Chlorophoenicite red, raspberry Vitreous (Glassy) Pezzottaite ! red, rose Vitreous - Adamantine Rinneite red, rose Vitreous - Adamantine Sphaerocobaltite red, rose Vitreous - Pearly Zoisite red, rose Vitreous (Glassy) Rhodochrosite red, rose Vitreous (Glassy) Rhodonite red, rose Vitreous (Glassy) Vayrynenite red, ruby Subadamantine Mutnovskite ! red, scarlet Adamantine Trechmannite red, scarlet Adamantine - Metallic Fettelite red, very dark Adamantine - Submetallic Tedhadleyite ! red, very dark Sub Metallic Rinmanite red, very dark Vitreous - Adamantine Ungarettiite red, violet Adamantine Kermesite red, violet Adamantine - Pearly Burckhardtite red, violet Metallic Routhierite red, violet Pearly Erythrite red, violet Vitreous - Pearly Namansilite red, violet Vitreous - Silky Raite red, violet Vitreous (Glassy) Leucophoenicite red, violet Vitreous (Glassy) Magnesiotaaffeite-2N2S red, vivid Adamantine Minium red, wine Adamantine Palenzonaite red, yellow Vitreous (Glassy) Jinshajiangite red, yellowish Adamantine Minium red, yellowish Adamantine - Resinous Pyromorphite red, yellowish Resinous Manganberzeliite red, yellowish Vitreous (Glassy) Bafertisite red, yellowish Vitreous (Glassy) Holdenite red, yellowish Vitreous (Glassy) Meliphanite red, yellowish Vitreous (Glassy) Trimerite reddish Adamantine Priderite reddish Adamantine - Pearly Otavite reddish Greasy (Oily) Yttrobetafite-(Y) reddish Resinous Sulfur reddish Sub Metallic Selenium reddish Vitreous - Adamantine Galkhaite reddish Vitreous - Greasy Avogadrite reddish Vitreous - Greasy Thomsenolite reddish Vitreous - Metallic Davidite-(La) reddish Vitreous - Pearly Natroalunite reddish Vitreous - Silky Wiserite reddish Vitreous (Glassy) Axinite-(Mn) reddish Vitreous (Glassy) Picromerite reddish Vitreous (Glassy) Szmikite reddish, brownish Adamantine Valentinite rose Earthy (Dull) Nenadkevichite rose Metallic Chatkalite rose Metallic Oulankaite ! rose Vitreous - Greasy Malladrite rose Vitreous (Glassy) Bonshtedtite rose Vitreous (Glassy) Chudobaite rose, light Vitreous (Glassy) Kuannersuite-(Ce) ! rose, pale Silky Irhtemite rose, pale Vitreous (Glassy) Ellestadite-(Cl) rose, violet Metallic Oulankaite rosy Vitreous (Glassy) Manaksite salmon Vitreous - Resinous Lithiophilite
vermilion Adamantine Cinnabar vermilion Adamantine Gerstleyite vermilion Sub Metallic Proustite
(* - Mineral name not approved by the IMA)
(! - New Dana classification number has been added or changed)
(? - IMA Discredited Mineral Species Name)
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