hematite

See also: hématite

English

Alternative forms

hæmatite (old-fashioned), haematite (UK)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hematite (usually uncountable, plural hematites)

(mineralogy) An iron ore, mainly peroxide of iron, Fe₂O₃.

Synonyms

Derived terms

hematitic

Translations

mineral

Armenian: հեմատիտ (hy) (hematit)
Azerbaijani: hematit
Chinese:
Mandarin: 赤鐵礦／赤铁矿 (zh) (chìtiěkuàng), 代赭石 (dàizhěshí)
Corsican: ematite, ematita
Czech: hematit (cs) m
Danish: hæmatit (da) c, jernglans c
Dutch: hematiet (nl) n
Esperanto: hematito
Estonian: hematiit (et), raudläik
Finnish: hematiitti (fi), verikivi, punakivi
French: hématite (fr) f
Georgian: ჰემატიტი (hemaṭiṭi)
German: Hämatit (de) m
Greek: αιματίτης (el) m (aimatítis)
Hebrew: המטיט (he)
Ido: hematito (io)
Italian: ematite (it) f
Japanese: 赤鉄鉱 (せきてっこう, sekitekkō)
Korean: 적철석 (jeokcheolseok), 적철광 (ko) (jeokcheolgwang)
Latin: ferrum rude n
Latvian: hematīts m
Lithuanian: hematitas m
Malay: hematit
Navajo: chííh dootłʼizh
Occitan: ematita f
Polish: hematyt (pl) m
Portuguese: hematita (pt) f
Romanian: hematit (ro) n
Russian: гемати́т (ru) (gematít)
Serbo-Croatian: hematit (sh)
Spanish: hematita f
Swedish: hematit c
Turkish: hematit (tr)
Uzbek: gematit (uz)
Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

See also

black diamond

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin haematites.

Noun

hematite f (plural hematites)

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

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