Hematite
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Oxide
- Crystal system
- Trigonal
- Hardness
- Hard (5.5 to 7.5)
- Colour
- Grey, Red, Metallic
- Lustre
- Metallic, Dull
- Use
- Ore
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- The name comes from Greek haima, blood, because hematite powder is blood red.
- NASA's Opportunity rover found small hematite spheres on Mars, a sign that water once soaked the ground.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q103223 · All stones · All entries