— hematitic /hee'meuh tit"ik, hem'euh-/ , adj.
/hee"meuh tuyt', hem"euh-/ , n.
a very common mineral, iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 , occurring in steel-gray to black crystals and in red earthy masses: the principal ore of iron.
[ 1535-45; haematites bloodstone haimatítes ( lithós ) bloodlike (stone). See HEMAT-, -ITE 1 ]