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Hematite 1

Definition: 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.

hematite 2

Definition: the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form

 

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