"Hematite" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... flank of the Jebel el-Fahisat, the "Iron Mountain," they found many outcrops of quartz, a rock which appears sporadically all the way to the northern soufriere. In two places it was green-stained, showing copper, while in another hydrated oxide and chromate of iron (hematite)[EN143] abounded. After a stage of four hours and twenty minutes they left the caravan, struck off to the west, accompanied by Shaykh Furayj, and reached their destination. Here, however, they met with accidents: the mules bolted, ...
— The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 • Richard Burton
... bean-shaped, pierced for suspension, usually soft stone, e.g. slate or steatite. Sometimes hard, as hematite or rock crystal. Carved with naturalistic designs: lions, (III, Fig. 8), stags, bulls, cows or hinds suckling their young, cuttle-fish, dolphins, &c. Two animals ranged like ...
— How to Observe in Archaeology • Various
... to be no less than twenty-one feet, another twenty feet, another fourteen, with many smaller ones, the aggregate thickness of all the veins being upwards of a hundred feet. Large deposits of magnetic iron ore and brown hematite, together with limestone, had been discovered in advantageous proximity to the coal, making a bright outlook for the Sound region in general in connection with its railroad hopes, its unrivaled timber resources, and its far-reaching ...
— Travels in Alaska • John Muir |
