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Definition of Hematite

1. Noun. The principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form.

Definition of Hematite

1. n. An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; -- the last called red ocher. Called also specular iron, oligist iron, rhombohedral iron ore, and bloodstone. See Brown hematite, under Brown.

Definition of Hematite

1. Noun. An iron ore, mainly peroxide of iron, Fe₂O₃. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hematite

1. an ore of iron [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hematite

1. An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red colour of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; the last called red ocher. Synonym: specular iron, oligist iron, rhombohedral iron ore, and bloodstone. See Brown hematite, under Brown. Origin: L. Haematites, Gr. Bloodlike, fr. A"i^ma, a"imatos, blood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hematite

Literary usage of Hematite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture, Properties, and Uses by Adelbert Philo Mills (1915)
"The forms of iron ore of greatest commercial importance are hematite, limonite, magnetite, and iron carbonate. 284. hematite. hematite, sometimes called ..."

2. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"hematite. — Certain kinds of hematite, such as the Clinton ore (see Iron Ores), ... Although hematite deposits are widespread, and sometimes of large size, ..."

3. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"hematite. — Certain kinds of hematite, such as the Clinton ore (see Iron Ores), ... Although hematite deposits are widespread, and sometimes of large size, ..."

4. The Nature of Ore Deposits by Richard Beck (1905)
"Veins of Red hematite. These veins consist of dense, earthy and fibrous red hematite, together with quartz, jasper, ferruginous quartz and more rarely ..."

5. Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879 by Wisconsin Chief Geologist (1880)
"hematite-schist is a schistose aggregation of quartz and micaceous iron. Micaceous iron is a scaly variety of hematite. hematite appears in the form of ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1888)
"... xv, 197; Sullivan County (red and brown hematite and magnetite), xii, 24, 25; ... xii, 19, Buena Vista (brown hematite), xii, 21; Rock- ingham County ..."

7. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1911)
"It frequently contains considerable titanium oxide (TIO2), when it is called titaniferous magnetite. The streak of magnetite is black. hematite. ..."

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