hematite

hematite
hematitic /hee'meuh tit"ik, hem'euh-/, adj.
/hee"meuh tuyt', hem"euh-/, n.
a very common mineral, iron oxide, Fe2O3, occurring in steel-gray to black crystals and in red earthy masses: the principal ore of iron.
[1535-45; < L haematites bloodstone < Gk haimatítes (lithós) bloodlike (stone). See HEMAT-, -ITE1]

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or haematite

Heavy and relatively hard oxide mineral, ferric oxide (Fe2O3), that constitutes the most important iron ore because of its high iron content and its abundance.

Much hematite (from the Greek word meaning "blood," for its red colour) occurs in a soft, fine-grained, earthy form called red ocher or ruddle. Red ocher is used as a paint pigment; a purified form, rouge, is used to polish plate glass. The world's largest production comes from the Hamersley Range in western Australia.

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also spelled  haematite (from the Greek word for “blood,” in allusion to its red colour) 
 heavy and relatively hard oxide mineral, ferric oxide (Fe2O3), that constitutes the most important iron ore because of its high iron content (70 percent) and its abundance. Many of the various forms of hematite have separate names. The steel-gray crystals and coarse-grained varieties have a brilliant metallic lustre and are known as specular iron ore; thin scaly types are called micaceous hematite. Much hematite occurs in a soft, fine-grained, earthy form called red ochre or ruddle. Intermediate between these types are compact varieties, often with a reniform surface (kidney ore) or a fibrous structure (pencil ore). Red ochre is used as a paint pigment; a purified form, rouge, is used to polish plate glass.

      The most important deposits of hematite are sedimentary in origin; the world's largest production (nearly 75,000,000 tons of hematite annually) comes from a sedimentary deposit: the Lake Superior district in North America. Other important deposits include Minas Gerais, Braz. (where the hematite occurs in metamorphosed sediments); Cerro Bolívar, Venezuela; Labrador; and Quebec. Hematite is found as an accessory mineral in many igneous rocks; commonly as a weathering product of siderite, magnetite, and other iron minerals; and almost universally as a pigmenting agent of sedimentary and other rocks. For detailed physical properties, see oxide mineral (table).

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