hematite

Senso (Inglese)

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

sinonimi

red ocher

red iron ore

red hematite

rhombohedral iron ore

iron glance

Traduzioni

αιματίτης

hematit

hematites

hematites

Erznest

Erztasche

renyó

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈhiː.məˌtaɪt/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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.

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