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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
hematite .
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- noun chiefly UK Alternative spelling of
hematite .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form
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Examples
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Alternatively, the fire screen is created in haematite (black steel) plate, possessing the attribute of projecting shadow, even when the fire is extinguished or the light source removed; running on its shadow.
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This substance, also called haematite, has some practical use as an adhesive.
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We saw several miners, who told us that they got the ore (known as haematite, or iron oxide) at a depth of from 90 to 100 yards, working by candle-light, and that they received about 2s. 6d. per ton as the product of their labour.
From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor
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We now come to large masses of haematite, which is often ferruginous: there is conglomerate too, many quartz pebbles being intermixed.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874
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We now come to large masses of haematite, which is often ferruginous: there is conglomerate too, many quartz pebbles being intermixed.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 David Livingstone 1843
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Small discs of jade, obsidian or haematite were then cemented into the holes: the plant adhesive was so powerful that many burials found by archaeologists today still have the inlays firmly in place.
The Mayans Suffered for Their Beauty Jan 2009
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Yellow haematite, which bears not the smallest resemblance either in colour or weight to the metal, is employed near Kolobeng for the production of iron.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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Great masses of iron haematite cropped up above the surfaces in these forests.
How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004
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“Box No. 27,” Iron from Mugnah, proved to be haematite (which is magnetic), with some red-brown oxide of iron and quartz.
The Land of Midian 2003
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The ores in question have various local names: brown haematite (xanthosiderite), limonite, pea ore, conglomerate ore, minette (iron ooliths), sea ore, bog ore, stilpnosiderite, yellow clay ironstone, yellow ochre.
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