haematite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French hematite, from Latin (lapis) haematites, from Ancient Greek αἱματίτης (haimatítēs) λίθος (líthos, “blood-red stone”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).
Noun[edit]
haematite (countable and uncountable, plural haematites)
- (chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of hematite