hæmatitic, hem-, a.
(hɛməˈtɪtɪk, hiːm-)
[f. as prec. + -ic.]
Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling hæmatite.
| 1796 Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) II. 165 Essential to all hæmatitic ores. 1849 Murchison Siluria xiii. 321 Spothose and hematitic iron-ores. 1849 Dana Geol. ix. (1850) 469 Argillaceous and hematitic iron. 1860 Baird, etc. Birds N. Amer. 527 It never..has the haematitic tint. |
So † hæmaˈtitical a. = prec. Obs.
| 1805 G. Barry Orkney Isl. (1808) 271 They found hæmatitical iron ore. |