hematite

See also: hématite

English

Alternative forms

• hæmatite (dated)
• 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”). By surface analysis, hemat- +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪt

Noun

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

Derived terms

• hematitic (adjective)
• hydrohematite

Translations

mineral

Arabic: حَجَر الدَّم m (ḥajar ad-dam), شَاذَنْج m (šāḏanj) Armenian: հեմատիտ (hy) (hematit) Azerbaijani: hematit Bulgarian: хематит m (hematit) Catalan: hematites m 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 (1997–2025), “Hematite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “hematite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin haematites.

Noun

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

Descendants

• French: hématite