I'd say a variety of garnet. Check out this link to see if any of these descriptions seem to fit.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garnet
A good way to start to identify is to determine the minerals hardness. See the following link for instructions
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http://www.rocksandminerals.com/hardness/mohs.htm
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