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(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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hematite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hematite.html. 1828.
 
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