hematite colors

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In literature the term “hematite” is often invoked not merely as a mineral but as a deep, earthy color that conjures images of rich reds, warm browns, and ochre tones. Authors describe landscapes and objects stained by “soft red hematite” that imbue the scenery with an intense, almost primordial hue [1], while other passages focus on its use as a pigment to create red paint for both art and ceremonial body adornment [2, 3, 4]. Hematite appears in varied color forms—from the “earthy ochre red” associated with natural deposits [5] to descriptions of “brown hematite” transforming landscapes and objects alike [6, 7, 8]—underscoring its role in evoking a robust connection between nature’s elemental iron ore and the vivid imagery of human culture [9, 10, 11].

Underfoot everywhere the soft red hematite ore stained everything that it touched.
— from Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 3, October, 1905 by Various
Today the same sort of material is obtained by powdering hematite and using it for red paint.
— from Field Book of Common Rocks and Minerals For identifying the Rocks and Minerals of the United States and interpreting their Origins and Meanings by Frederic Brewster Loomis
With the polished cylinder of hematite found one can still paint the face or body a reddish color, as the Hopi do with a similar object.
— from Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace by Jesse Walter Fewkes
The following minerals, after being ground and washed several times in boiling water, will produce the colors stated: Hematite produces deep red.
— from Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas, Recipes and Processes
Loose earthy masses of hematite are often known as “ochre red,” and were used by the Indians for war paint.
— from Field Book of Common Rocks and Minerals For identifying the Rocks and Minerals of the United States and interpreting their Origins and Meanings by Frederic Brewster Loomis
Nodules of clay ironstone, converted partially into brown hematite.
— from In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by M'Clintock, Francis Leopold, Sir
This range is composed of brown hematite, decomposing to yellow (tertiary), and is very magnetic, the compass being useless.
— from Explorations in Australia 1.-Explorations in search of Dr. Leichardt and party. 2.-From Perth to Adelaide, around the great Australian bight. 3.-From Champion Bay, across the desert to the telegraph and to Adelaide. With an appendix on the condition of Western Australia. by Forrest, John Forrest, Baron
The compass is useless on these hills, as they are composed of micaceous iron ore, with brown hematite, which is very magnetic.
— from Explorations in Australia 1.-Explorations in search of Dr. Leichardt and party. 2.-From Perth to Adelaide, around the great Australian bight. 3.-From Champion Bay, across the desert to the telegraph and to Adelaide. With an appendix on the condition of Western Australia. by Forrest, John Forrest, Baron
Red hematite crystallizes in the hexagonal system.
— from Popular Scientific Recreations in Natural Philosphy, Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry, etc., etc., etc. by Gaston Tissandier
The red color in great stretches of rock is due to the presence of small amounts of hematite, acting as cementing material.
— from Field Book of Common Rocks and Minerals For identifying the Rocks and Minerals of the United States and interpreting their Origins and Meanings by Frederic Brewster Loomis
It is claimed that the iron deposits—red hematite ore—are among the richest in the world.
— from The Story of Newfoundland by Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, Earl of

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