Hematite Definition

hēmə-tīt
noun
A reddish brown to black, rhombohedral mineral, Fe2O3, that is a major ore of iron; ferric oxide.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
hematite
Plural:
hematites

Origin of Hematite

  • From Middle French hématite, from Latin (lapis) haematites, from Ancient Greek αἱματίτης (haimatitēs) λίθος (haimatitēs lithos, “blood-red stone”), from αἷμα (haima, “blood”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English emathite, ematites from Latin haematītēs from Greek (lithos) haimatītēs bloodlike (stone) from haima haimat- blood

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Hematite Sentence Examples

  • There are large beds of hematite some 60 m.

  • There are extensive deposits of iron ore (magnetite and hematite) in the province of Bulacan, Luzon.

  • The darkest shades are found in the deep black of onyx or metallic gray of hematite.

  • Where the Coal Measures reach the sea at Whitehaven, there are coal-mines, and the hematite of the Carboniferous Limestones has given rise to the active ironworks of Barrow-in-Furness, now the largest town in the district.

  • The beds of magnetite and hematite, in the southern portion of the Wasatch Mountains, are the largest in the western United States; in 1902 the four productive mines in Milford, Juab and Utah counties produced 16,240 tons of ore, valued at $27,417.

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Words Starting With

HHEHEM

Words Ending With

ETEITE

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