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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
hematite n 1: the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form [syn: hematite, haematite] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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. [1913 Webster] | ||
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