HEMATITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hematite mean? 

• HEMATITE (noun)
  The noun HEMATITE has 1 sense:

1. the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form

  Familiarity information: HEMATITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMATITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

haematite; hematite

Hypernyms ("hematite" is a kind of...):

iron ore (an ore from which iron can be extracted)

Holonyms ("hematite" is a substance of...):

emery (a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper))

 Context examples 

CheMin also found very little hematite, an iron oxide mineral that was abundant just to the north, on Vera Rubin Ridge.

(Curiosity Mars Rover Finds a Clay Cache, NASA)

However, heating goethite or hematite does not destroy any organic matter that is there, meaning these minerals could be good life-search targets.

(Red Planet May Have Harbored Life in Past, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The iron-rich mineral goethite transforms to hematite which is very common on Mars and gives the planet its red colour.

(Red Planet May Have Harbored Life in Past, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)