haematites

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

haemătītes: ae, m., = αἱματίτης>.
I blood-stone, a kind of red iron-ore, hematite, Plin. 36, 16, 25, §§ 129, 130; 36, 20, 37, § 144.—In apposition: lapis haematites purgat, Cels. 5, 3.—
II A red-colored precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 169.