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Definition of Haematite
1. Noun. The principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form.
Definition of Haematite
1. Noun. (context: chiefly UK) (alternative spelling of hematite) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Haematite
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Haematite
1. Same as haematite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haematite
Literary usage of Haematite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1883)
"The author contended that the so-called ' pockets' of haematite which occur in
the Carboniferous Limestone were caverns and fissures into which the ore had ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Bruno Kerl, William Crookes, Ernst Otto Röhrig (1869)
"The red haematite usually yields a soft tenacious grey iron, fit for foundry ...
In a few cases manganiferous red haematite also occurs; as, for instance, ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"When crystallized, however, haematite often presents a dark colour, ...
haematite crystallizes in the rhombohedral system, and is isomorphous rhombohedral, ..."
4. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1917)
"Those containing quartz-haematite schists. (2.) Those containing dolomitic lodes.
(3.) Those containing quartz reefs and veins. QUARTZ-haematite SCHISTS. ..."
5. Economic Mineralogy: A Practical Guide to the Study of Useful Minerals by Thomas Crook (1921)
"Of these magnetite, haematite, limonite, goethite, ... may be regarded as artificial
haematite. The chief impurities in iron ore are silica, alumina, ..."
6. A Manual of Metallurgy: More Particularly of the Precious Metals, Including by George Hogarth Makins (1865)
"Specular iron ore, red haematite or fibrous ore, compact iron ore, ... Brown haematite
and ochre are hydrated peroxides, and in red ochre the oxide is ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"When crystallized, however, haematite often presents a dark colour, ... haematite has
no distinct cleavage, but may show, in consequence of a lamellar ..."
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