M.J. Hibbard
Hematite


Hematite   Fe2O3   Hexagonal-rhombohedral
o Complex environment, including hydrothermal (subaqueous exhalations), low-T aqueous (sedimentary in water bodies), and metamorphic (superposed) (chapters 12, 13, and 14)
- Microcrystalline hematite-quartz (jasper)(red) associated with magnetite (black) in banded iron formation rock (taconite). Slabbed surface of hand specimen is about 5 cm wide. Michigan.

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