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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hematite \Hem"a*tite\, n. [L. haematites, Gr ? bloodlike, fr a"i^ma, a"i`matos, 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hematite n : the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form occurs in a red earthy form [syn: {haematite}]
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