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This widely found iron ore (red iron) exhibits rhombohedral crystallisation. Hematite is a mineral found in magmatic effusion rock and in hydrothermal veins. It is also formed by limonite recrystallisation.

 

Hematite has a grey colour verging on black, but when reduced to power it becomes blood red, which explains its name.

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