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8 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form
originFrom Middle French hematite, from Latin (lapis) haematites, from Ancient Greek αἱματίτης (haimatítēs) λίθος (líthos, “blood-red stone”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). By surface analysis, hemat- + -ite.
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