What is hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite called?
oligist — Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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