Defn: A red consisting of silica, borax, and soda, fused with oxide of copper and iron, and used in enamels, mosaics, etc.
HEMATITE
Hem"a*tite, n. Etym: [L. haematites, Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.]
(Min.)
Defn: An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; — the last called red ocher. Called also specular iron, oligist iron, rhombohedral iron ore, and bloodstone. See Brown hematite, under Brown.
HEMATITIC
Hem`a*tit"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to hematite, or resembling it.
HEMATO
Hem"a*to.
Defn: See Hæma-.
HEMATOCELE
He*mat"o*cele, n. Etym: [Hemato- + Gr. hématocèle.] (Med.)
Defn: A tumor filled with blood.
HEMATOCRYA Hem`a*toc"ry*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + kry`os cold.] (Zoöl.)