Bible Dictionaries
Hematite
Webster's Dictionary
(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.
Copyright StatementThese files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of
BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hematite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hematite.html. 1828.