hematite
/ˈhiː.məˌtaɪt/ noun
Forms hematites hæmatite haematite
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle French hematite, from Latin (lapis) haematites, from Ancient Greek αἱματίτης (haimatítēs) λίθος (líthos, “blood-red stone”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). By surface analysis, hemat- + -ite.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
Etymology [L. haematites, Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “hematite”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details