Hematite – Virtual Museum of Molecules and Minerals
The name "hematite" is from the Greek "haimatites", meaning bloodlike in reference to the brightred color of the powder hematite. The crystal structure is based on an xray diffraction structural refinement of the original structural data of Linus Pauling from 1925. Highlighting Features Iron (Fe) atoms. Oxygen (O) atoms. Octahedrallycoordinated iron atom. Single unit cell. All ...