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Webster 1913 Edition

Hematite

Hem′a-tite

,
Noun.
[L.
haematites
, Gr. [GREEK] bloodlike, fr.
αἷμα
,
αἵματος
, blood.]
(Min.)
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hematite

HEM'ATITE

,
Noun.
[Gr. from blood.] The name of two ores of iron, the red hematite,and the brown hematite. They are both of a fibrous structure, and the fibers, though sometimes nearly parallel,usually diverge, or even radiate from a center. They rarely occur amorphous, but almost always in concretions, reniform, globular, botryoidal, stalactitic, &c. The red hematite is a variety of the red oxyd; its streak and powder are always nearly blood red. The brown hematite is a variety of the brown oxyd or hydrate of iron; its streak and powder are always of a brownish yellow. The red hematite is also called blood-stone.

Definition 2024

hematite

hematite

See also: hématite

English

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Noun

hematite ‎(usually uncountable, plural hematites)

  1. (mineralogy) An iron ore, mainly peroxide of iron, Fe2O3.

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin haematites.

Noun

hematite f (plural hematites)

  1. hematite (ore)
    • 1572, Pierandrea Mattioli, Des Moulins, Commentaires de M. Pierre André Matthiole medecin senois sur les six livres de Ped. Dioscoride Anazarbeen de la matiere medecinale, reveuz & augmentés en plus de mille lieux... Avec certaines tables medecinales, page 745
      ce n'est pas la vraie hematite de laquelle Dioscoride et Gal. ont parlé
      this isn't the true hematite of which Dioscoride and Gal. spoke of

Etymology

From Middle French hematite, from Latin (lapis) haematites, from Ancient Greek αἱματίτης ‎(haimatítēs) λίθος ‎(líthos, “blood-red stone”), from αἷμα ‎(haîma, “blood”).

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