Probably common and not very impressive but dont know what it is. Any help would be appreciated. Like my username "LostNewb" Thanks in advance.

Chris

Got me; never seen anything like it, but it is pretty cool!

Is it thin layers of almost transparent material? That's how some of it looks, if that's the case it's probably mica. Certainly a weird and interesting find.

It looks like tourmaline to me.

It for sure not Mica which is what I was thinking in the beginning. Odd I have never found anything like it. Has a crystal structure almost.

Didnt think of that. Very well could be. I found a spot where there is a ton of it. Some even in pink shades. odd. Would anyone else be interested in making a trip up to see. About a 6 mile hike that is not an easy one.

Woody, what do you think? Tourmaline? The fact that pink is there too leads me in that direction - but I'm not knowledgeable in rock id at all.

I did throw some very red rocks like this down the hill. Didn't have enough hands to get it up the incline I was at. They were a red pink color. Sorry for the stupidity I am new. I know a good amount about silver abs gold in CO but lost on others. That's why ya'll are great. Thanks for the help.

I've found a couple of nice sized chunks of this in the past on a couple of hikes. If you've found pink that would be very cool. If I still lived in Colorado I'd take you up on that hike !

6 miles in or round trip? lol Either way, I'm in!

Yes,

Sure looks like tourmaline to me. Tourmaline is a mineral of various colors and it occurs frequently in igneous and metamorphic rocks from around our area. Unfortunately the gemmy kind is extremely rare and is rarely found near the surface. for a possible second choice I would compair it to Hornblende. I have some of this stuff laying around here somewhere and I was trying to find it and take a pic. Sorry no luck, Woody.

Round trip and if my 4 year old can do it anyone can right.

I'm changing my vote to Hornblende,

Looks to me like it is worn or erroded evenly accrossed the entire rock surface. If this were Tourmaline I would expect the edges would be slightly higher than the sourounding matrix. Hornblende is a softer material, Tourmaline should resist a little more than that host rock. Just a guess vote though.

That would make sense. There is normally titanium found around hornblende correct.

I didn't think of hornblende. I think you're right Woody, I'm changing my vote to hornblende as well

I'd really like to see some of the pink stuff you found when you get back up there! I know that tourmaline can be pink.

I'm changing my vote to Hornblende,

Looks to me like it is worn or erroded evenly accrossed the entire rock surface. If this were Tourmaline I would expect the edges would be slightly higher than the sourounding matrix. Hornblende is a softer material, Tourmaline should resist a little more than that host rock. Just a guess vote though.
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