Scotts Red Rose Quartz Mine, Custer SD.

	Scott's Red Rose Quartz
Scotts Rose Quartz Inc., - Other Rocks and Minerals found at Carl's Mine
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	Tourmaline Crylstals are a trigonal system, composed of many compounds. The black, pictured is called Schrol. Colors vary greatly depending on their chemical composition. Tourmaline may contain elements such as Na, Li, Ca, Fe, Mg, Mn, Al, B, Si, O. Tourmaline is in the Silicate class.
	Arsenopyrite is composed of As, Fe, and S with a small amount of other elements. At the Rose Quartz Mine the speciments are found to be very dense, suggesting another, more dense element may be present. Arsenopyrite is in the Oxide and Hydroxide class.
	Pictured to the left is a piece of rose quartz with a vein of tourmaline which is embedded with mica. Mica is in the silicate class. These tabular plate like crystals appear in leaf-like formations. They are used for electrical and heat insulation. They are composed of K, Al, O, F, Si, and H.
	Here is a sample of a Grade A to Premium grade of rose quartz. Rose quartz of course is composed mainly of SiO₂ with other small amounts of elements to give it the coloring. It is border line to jewelry grade. When you pick it up it has the nice deep rose coloring.
	This is a lower grade of quartz, there is a lot more white coloring and less of the rose luster. Neverless this can still make a beautiful accent when used for landscape purposes.
	This is an image of a mineral containing a quartz aggregate with dark colored Biotite veins running through. This was mined in the northern Black Hills. Biotite may contain elements such as K, Mg, Fe,F,O, H, Al, C, Si.

Scott's Red Rose Quartz