different between hematite vs martite

English

Alternative forms

• hæmatite (old-fashioned), haematite (UK)

Etymology

From Middle French hematite, from Latin (lapis) haematites, from Ancient Greek ????????? (haimatít?s) ????? (líthos, “blood-red stone”), from ???? (haîma, “blood”).

Noun

hematite (usually uncountable, plural hematites)

1. (mineralogy) An iron ore, mainly peroxide of iron, Fe₂O₃.

Synonyms

• kidney ore
• martite

Translations

See also

• black diamond

Further reading

• hematite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Hematite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “hematite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin haematites.

Noun

hematite f (plural hematites)

1. hematite (ore)
   • 1572, Pierandrea Mattioli, Des Moulins, Commentaires de M. Pierre André Matthiole medecin senois sur les six livres de Ped. Dioscoride Anazarbeen de la matiere medecinale, reveuz & augmentés en plus de mille lieux... Avec certaines tables medecinales, page 745

     ce n'est pas la vraie hematite de laquelle Dioscoride et Gal. ont parlé

     this isn't the true hematite of which Dioscoride and Gal. spoke of

English

Noun

martite (plural martites)

1. (mineralogy) A variety of hematite that is pseudomorphic after magnetite crystals.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Martite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “martite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• mitrate