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| Name: | Hematite Hem |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #156: Hematite Morocco  #157: Hematite  #212: Quartz / Hematite Coating Asni, Morocco  #290: Hematite  #309: Quartz var. Amethyst w/Hematite Moon Light Mine, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada  #324: Limonite / Hematite ps. after Marcasite / Pyrite White Desert, Farafra, Egypt  #341: Quartz var. Smoky / Hematite / Feldspar on Pegmatite Devil's Head Region, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA  #367: Quartz var. Amethyst w/Hematite Moon Light Mine, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada  #639: Quartz / Hematite Orange River, Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa  #693: Quartz / Hematite Orange River, Northern Cape, South Africa  #805: Rutile / Hematite Novo Horizon, Brazil  #858: Quartz & Hematite var. Iron Rose Jinlong hill, Longchuan Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China  #951: Quartz & Hematite var. Iron Rose Jinlong hill, Longchuan Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China  #952: Quartz & Hematite var. Iron Rose Jinlong hill, Longchuan Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China  #953: Quartz & Hematite var. Iron Rose Jinlong hill, Longchuan Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China  #955: Quartz / Hematite / Pyrite Fujian, China  #1252: Rutile / Hematite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil  #1262: Rutile / Hematite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil  #1493: Quartz var. Amethyst / Hematite Boekenhouthoek, Mpumalanga, South Africa  #1494: Quartz var. Amethyst / Hematite Moon Light Mine, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada  #1500: Quartz / Hematite / Pyrite Fujian, China |
| IMA Chemistry: | Fe2O3 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Hematite contains elements: Iron (Fe) Oxygen (O) |
| Country of Type Locality: | unknown |
| Year First Published: | 0 |
| IMA Status: | Approved |
| Status Notes: | α-Fe_2_O_3_ Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication, for instance, Agricola G (1556) Hematite. in De Re Metallica, translated by Hoover H C and Hoover L H 1950, 111-111 |
| Structural Group Name: | Corundum |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | hematite |
| Crystal Systems: | hexagonal |
| Oldest Known Age: | 4620 Million Years Ago |
| Mohs Hardness: | 6.0 |
| Diaphaneity: | 1.0 |
| Specific Gravity: | 5.26 |
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