Hematite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A black or blackish-red to brick-red mineral, essentially Fe2O3, the chief ore of iron.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An iron ore, mainly peroxide of iron, Fe2O3.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Native anhydrous iron sesquioxid, or redoxid of iron, Fe2O3.
  • n. An intaglio cut in hematite.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form
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    iron ore   
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    kidney ore    martite   
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    lodestone    malachite    carnelian    graphite    jasper    magnetite    felspar    bauxite    specular    agate