Pigment stone?

[Older The Better]

Found buried in the middle of a known site, I thought it was maybe pipestone but I cleaned it up and saw the banding and noticed it was turning my water red and even left red on the towel when I dried it

I have no experience with any pigments or anything but I’m curious is this was the raw material for it. Anybody else found anything similar?

 

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[Garscale]

Red ochre

 

[bradyboy]

wow
new to me, never seen anything like it
whats it actually called
and where is it found
is it used for anything?
Brady

 

[Garscale]

wow
new to me, never seen anything like it
whats it actually called
and where is it found
is it used for anything?
Brady

Yes, its red ocher like I said. Its much like powdered rust. Natives used it as pigment for many centuries

 

[kentucky Quinn]

I find similar stuff in my overhang often. Always paints streaks across my sifter when I’m processing materials through. Thought it was some kind of clay rock material. Thanks for insight

 

[Older The Better]

it feels pretty soft compared to other rocks around here that’s why I thought pipestone at first. Red ocher totally makes sense after cleaning the dirt off and seeing what it really was. Thanks garscale for pointing me in the right direction.

 

[Garscale]

Sure. Natives ground it into powder and mixed with animal fats. They also created several colors with likely berry pigments. It could be used almost like a crayon. It was also used in burials. Super common in east tx sites of all ages.

 

[Fat]

I made a post about red ocre from powars site. Than dang pics aren’t the best but please look up on www too