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Hematite

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A named iron-oxide stone, red when ground, used as pigment and later as a polish and amulet. Not lodestone, and not generic iron.

  • Hematite is used in Medicine.

    Pliny’s Natural History treats hematite among iron-stone remedies and related blood-stopping preparations. A Roman-era pharmacological use of the iron oxide stone, not red-ochre earth alone and not blood as a fluid.

    from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

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  • Hematite is used in Dye.

    Pliny’s Natural History treats haematites among iron-stone reds used as colorants as well as among blood-stopping remedies. A Roman-era pigment use of hematite, not the medicine seat already published and not red-ochre as soft earth.

    from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

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Roman religion

  • Hematite appears in Roman religion.

    Pliny’s Natural History seats hematite among iron-oxide stones of pigment and polish craft beyond pharmacy/dye alone. A named hematite craft encyclopedia seat, not hematite medicine/dye already walked and not red-ochre as the earth pigment alone.

    from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

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Alchemy

  • Indian red is historically related to Hematite.

    Merrifield’s pigment notes seat Indian red among the deep iron-oxide reds continuous with hematite earth speech in European painting. A named indian-red historically related to hematite, not venetian-red as the lighter Italian oxide and not mars-red as later artificial oxide.

    from Mary Philadelphia Merrifield · Original Treatises on the Arts of Painting, 1849

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