Magnetic hematite
Designation for a man-made magnetic material. It does NOT contain natural hematite. Real hematite is not magnetic, if at all. Unfortunately, it is widely sold…
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Hematite or hematoid quartz
Designation for quartz with inclusions of iron or hematite giving it a reddish-pink appearance. Also called ferruginous quartz in English. Nowadays this accurate name is…
Hematite
Official mineral name for an iron oxide. Hematite has many different appearances: it can occur in reddish-brown to ochre-colored masses, dark silver-gray scaly masses, silver-gray…
Auralite 23®
Registered trade name for amethyst with inclusions of ferrous minerals, in most cases probably hematite. This amethyst variant is claimed to have inclusions or traces…
Ancestralite
Unregistered commercial fancy name for a red with metallic colored banded rock. This is banded iron ore, also known as Banded Iron Formation (BIF), banded…
