Definition of hematite
English to English noun - the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: Webster 1913
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