hematite

• hæmatite (dated)
• haematite (UK)

From Middle French hematite, from Latin (lapis) haematites, from Ancient Greek αἱματίτης (haimatítēs) λίθος (líthos, “blood-red stone”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). By surface analysis, hemat- +‎ -ite.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiː.məˌtaɪt/, /ˈhɛm.əˌtaɪt/

hematite (usually uncountable, plural hematites)

1. (mineralogy) An iron ore, mainly peroxide of iron, Fe₂O₃: iron(III) oxide.

   Hypernym: iron ore

   Hyponyms: kidney ore, martite

   Coordinate term: magnetite

• hematitic (adj)

• black diamond

•   hematite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Hematite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “hematite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Borrowed from Latin haematites.

hematite f (plural hematites)

1. hematite (ore)
   • 1572, Pierandrea Mattioli, Des Moulins, Commentaires de M. Pierre André Matthiole medecin senois sur les six livres de Ped. Dioscoride Anazarbeen de la matiere medecinale, reveuz & augmentés en plus de mille lieux... Avec certaines tables medecinales, page 745:

     ce n'est pas la vraie hematite de laquelle Dioscoride et Gal. ont parlé

     this isn't the true hematite of which Dioscoride and Gal. spoke of

• French: hématite