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Hematite

The specimens shown above, kindly loaned by Gregory, Bottley & Co., came from West Cumberland, England (top), and Elba (bottom right and left)

Synonyms and Varieties

 

Red iron ore. Iron glance. Red ochre. Specular iron. Specularite. Looking-glass ore. Pencil ore (columnar or fibrous). Micaeous hematite (a foliaceous form). Red oxide of iron. Reddle, ruddle or red chalk (earthy variety). Kidney ore (reniform or botryoidal variety). Martite (pseudomorphous after magnetite). Iron roses. Eisenglanz, Blutstein (Germ.). Hierro oligisto (Span.). Ferror specolare (Ital.). Fer oligiste (Fr.).


Nomenclature

 

The name hematite was given by the Greeks because of its resemblance to congealed blood. (Thophrastus and Pliny).

Source: "Mine & Quarry Engineering", April 1954, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.


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