资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hematite \Hem"a*tite\, n. [L. haematites, Gr. ? bloodlike, fr.
   a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.] (Min.)
   An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because
   of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent
   rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; --
   the last called red ocher. Called also {specular iron},
   {oligist iron}, {rhombohedral iron ore}, and {bloodstone}.
   See {Brown hematite}, under {Brown}.