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Hematite

UNB-2020-0072Minerals » Oxides

Description

Original Description:*Incomplete. Hematite (Fe2O3) can be steel-grey, reddish brown or black. Lustre is metallic and streak is dark red, cherry-red or brownish red. Hardness is 5 to 6. Hematite can be thick to thin tabular that are often subparallel growths or rosettes. Hematite can also occur as compact, granular, radiated, reniform, botryoidal, columnar, micaceous (Specular) or earthy (Red Ocher).

Specifications

Object nameHematite
IDUNB-2020-0072
Legal statusPermanent collection
CategoryMineral
Classification
Mineral group:
Oxides
Composition
  • Cu2O
  • Al2O3
  • CeO2
  • SnO2
  • TiO2
  • Fe3O4
  • FeO(OH)
  • FeTiO3
  • (Y,REE)NbO4
  • ZnFe2O4
  • Fe2O3
  • FeCr2O4
  • FeO
  • CuO
  • Ta2O5
  • (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6
  • MgAl2O4
  • TiO2
  • (Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10
  • MnO2
  • CaTiO3
  • MgO
  • FeO(OH)·nH2O
  • Al2O3
  • CaO
OriginUnknown
Pieces1
PartialNo

Publications

  • Chesterman, C.W. 1979. Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals. Knopf.