Hematite

Japanese: 赤鉄鉱 - せきてっこう(英語表記)hematite
Hematite

It is an iron ore mineral. It is heteromorphic with maghemite. It occurs in sedimentary rocks or as a metamorphic product thereof, forming huge deposits, as well as in contact metasomatic deposits (skarn-type deposits), various hydrothermal deposits, ore deposit oxidation zones, certain volcanic rocks, regional metamorphic rocks of low metamorphic grade, and as a coloring component in granitic pegmatites and cherts. Its euhedral shape is hexagonal plate-like or short columnar. In sedimentary rocks, it forms kidney-shaped or egg-shaped aggregates. In Japan, it was mined as an ore at the Waga Sennin Mine (closed) in Iwate Prefecture and the Akatani Mine (closed) in Shibata City, Niigata Prefecture. Its English name comes from the Greek word hematitis, which means blood red, due to the red color of its striations. In addition, the one with well-developed crystal faces is called specularite, and the one with parallel cleavage developed on the basal plane is called micaceous iron ore. These two are sometimes collectively called pyrite. It is used as a red pigment.

[Akira Kato, August 21, 2017]

[References] | Euhedral | Magnehemite | Striation | Iron | Phenomorphic [Supplementary Material] | Hematite (Data Note)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

鉄の鉱石鉱物の一つ。磁赤鉄鉱とは同質異像関係にある。堆積(たいせき)岩、あるいはその変成産物として産し、巨大な鉱床を形成するほか、接触交代鉱床(スカルン型鉱床)、各種熱水鉱床、鉱床酸化帯、ある種の火山岩、低変成度の広域変成岩、花崗(かこう)岩質ペグマタイトやチャートの着色成分として産する。自形は六角板状あるいは短柱状である。堆積岩中では、腎臓(じんぞう)状あるいは魚卵状集合をつくる。日本では、岩手県和賀仙人(わがせんにん)鉱山(閉山)、新潟県新発田(しばた)市赤谷(あかたに)鉱山(閉山)などで鉱石として採掘された。英名は、ギリシア語で血赤色を意味するヘマチチスにちなむ。これはその条痕(じょうこん)が赤色であることによる。なお、結晶面のよく発達したものを鏡鉄鉱、底面に平行な裂開が発達したものを雲母(うんも)鉄鉱ということがある。また、これらをまとめて輝鉄鉱とよんだこともある。赤色の顔料として用いられる。

[加藤 昭 2017年8月21日]

[参照項目] | 自形 | 磁赤鉄鉱 | 条痕 | | 同質異像[補完資料] | 赤鉄鉱(データノート)

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