[Rockhounds] Need help with Mineral ID

[Wes Lingerfelt]

Ok, Gang! I've been out in the shop making spheres and I see a lot of 
discussion has been going on about the raspberry color. Axel, it is more 
purple than red but I couldn't think of a color to match it any closer than 
Raspberry. I wonder if the color will photograph on my little Nikon L5? In 
any case, I've seen Raspberries that are almost black especially when they 
are real ripe around here in Nipomo, California. The less than ripe ones are 
deep Red. This mineral is more purple than red but darker than most calcite 
red's which is usually a reddish orange. I'm going to try to get a picture 
of the glow later tonight.
Wow, this has been a whole lot of fun and I'm getting a new appreciation for 
those in this group. You all are a wonderful resource and I'm overwhelmed. 
Thank you everyone so much!
Stay tuned!
Wes
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie Siebel" <julie at pandemoniumgraphics.com>
To: "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors" 
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Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Need help with Mineral ID


> Ditto - I didn't love picking raspberries as a kid, but blackcaps were a 
> real pain. (As I recall, the blackcaps were used for stamping the grade on 
> meat in purple, e.g. "USDA Prime".)
>
> Anyway, Axel, I just checked flickr - do a search for raspberry and you'll 
> see the color that I'm talking about.
>
> I don't know where Wes is located, so I'm not sure if he is thinking of 
> the red sort or blackcaps.
>
> Julie
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Al Balmer" <albalmer at copper.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 4:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Need help with Mineral ID
>
>
>> On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 22:13:59 +0200, "Axel Emmermann"
>> <axel.emmermann at pandora.be> wrote:
>>
>>>Raspberry is more purple than red, do we agree on that or does any of us
>>>have a wrong color in mind?
>>
>> Where I grew up, raspberries are red, but there is a variety called
>> "black raspberry" or "blackcap" which appear black but could be
>> considered deep purple.
>>
>> -- 
>> Al Balmer
>> Sun City, AZ
>>
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