hematite
pronunciation
How to pronounce hematite in British English:
UK ['hemətaɪt]
How to pronounce hematite in American English:
US ['heməˌtaɪt]
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- Noun:
- the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form
Word Origin
- hematite (n.)
- 1540s, haematites, from Middle French hematite (16c.), from Latin haematites, from Greek haimatites lithos "bloodlike stone," from haima (genitive haimatos) "blood" (see -emia). Earlier as emachite (late 14c.).
Example
- 1. Hematite is an iron oxide that is deep red in color .
- 2. It only takes a little hematite , merrison said , to stain all the dust a reddish hue .
- 3. Sinosteel will now help develop midwest 's large-scale mining projects such as the weld range hematite project and the koolanooka magnetite project .
- 4. When these surfaces came into contact with the magnetite , an oxygen atom could be transferred from quartz to magnetite , forming a new mineral , hematite .