Need help to ID rock

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Hello I need some help to ID these rocks. They are soft easy to break open. Outer part of rock leaves like orangish dust on your hand
 

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That would be limonite. Also called yellow ochre. Indians would have ground that into powder and made yellow paint out of it. Yellow ochre around here occurs as lenses in sandstone deposits in Effingham County. Gary
 

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That would be limonite. Also called yellow ochre. Indians would have ground that into powder and made yellow paint out of it. Yellow ochre around here occurs as lenses in sandstone deposits in Effingham County. Gary
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Thank you so much for your help. So I'm guessing this is the same thing? Does the red mean it has more iron oxide in it?
 

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