speculariten.
/ˈspɛkjʊlərʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
= specular iron ore at specular adj. 3b.
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bloodstone1504
haematite1543
yellow share1590
keel1596
brush-ore1678
mush1686
brush-iron-ore1695
iron glance1792
specular iron (also iron ore)1796
steel-ore1796
oligistc1803
black band1811
old man1811
spathose iron-ore1823
pitticite1826
siderose1834
blink klip1835
pharmacosiderite1835
sphaerosiderite1837
fossil ore1846
jacutinga1846
vignite1846
siderite1848
junckerite1865
needle iron-ore1867
xanthosiderite1868
specularite1892
pitch ore1896
minette1902
taconite1905
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > [noun] > corundum group A2 03 > haematite > other haematites
specular iron (also iron ore)1796
oligistc1803
iron glance1883
specularite1892
titanhaematite1938
1892 E. S. Dana J. D. Dana's Syst. Mineral. (ed. 6) 213 Specular iron; Red Hematite, Red Ocher. Specularite.
1959 L. G. Berry & B. Mason Mineral. x. 364 In the variety called specular hematite or specularite the color is black and the luster metallic and splendent.
1959 J. D. Clark Prehist. Southern Afr. ix. 244 Specularite (specular iron) was apparently an often sought-after medium for paint in the Later Stone Age.
1970 Prof. Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 700 -c. 103/1 A specularite-bearing conglomeratic sandstone containing minor malachite was noted about 1 mile southeast of the copper locality.
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