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Haematite

noun
1.
The principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form.  Synonym: hematite.






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"Haematite" Quotes from Famous Books



... may fall into your back yard—not too big a one! but a nice little comfortable piece"—he rubbed his palms— "for you know, no doubt, of what her substance is composed? Diamond, sir, in extraordinary evidence! in conjunction with specular iron ore, commonly called the red haematite, and the ferrous carbonate, or spathic iron. You see her, sir? you ...
— The Lord of the Sea • M. P. Shiel

... fire is the same in India as in Africa. The smelting furnaces, for reducing iron and copper from the ores, are also similar. Yellow haematite, which bears not the smallest resemblance either in colour or weight to the metal, is employed near Kolobeng for the production of iron. Malachite, the precious green stone used in civilized life for vases, would never be suspected ...
— A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries • David Livingstone



Words linked to "Haematite" :   iron ore, emery



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