hematite by-nc-nd: martin mcdonald. the color red, in makeup and paint and of course, rust: brought...
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The color red, in makeup and paint and of course, rust: brought to you by hematite.
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Hematite is used as pigment all over the world.
Paint Cylinder (with pestle) Chaco Anasazi. Site name: Chaco Canyon. AD 700-1200.Hematite. L 9.1, W 2.4, T 0.8 cm
Credit: NPS /Chaco Culture National Historical Park, CHCU 6541
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Red paint for barns and the original red dye for clothing.
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The red ocher variety of hematite was the original face and body paint. It continues
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Georgia clay and rocks on the north shore of Lake Superior have hematite in them.
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Hematite is in the red rocks and soils all over the world.
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Delicate Arch, Utah, USA
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Wolwedans, NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, outside Las Vegas, Nevada
Red Rock Amphitheater, outside Denver, Colorado
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The Martian landscape is covered in fine red hematite dust.
A Presidential Panorama of Mars Credit: IMP Team, JPL, NASA
Hematite is found with other minerals at volcanic underwater
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This sample shows the iron oxide mineral hematite (red) with the
sulfate mineral barite (white) and the copper sulfide mineral
chalcopyrite (yellow-green).
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Hematite is in the red pipestone quarried at Pipestone National Monument. The pipestone is a weakly metamorphosed
claystone between layers of the pink Sioux Quartzite. Pipestone, and
especially this red pipestone, is sacred to Native American peoples.
Frog carved out of pipestone.
Quarry at Pipestone National Monument.
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Hematite is popular in North American jewelry.
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Banded Iron Formation
In North America found near Lake Superior, the BIF contains lots of hematite and magnetite.
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Iron mined in the upper Midwest allowed the U.S. forces to produce the planes,
submarines, ships, and tanks needed to win during World War II.
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Hematite is made into IRON and STEEL,
the backbone of our society.
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Humans use hematite to make iron for
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Funded by FIPSE and by the University of Minnesota. Compiled for Dr. Kent Kirkby, Department of Geology and Geophysics, by Kate Rosok, 2007. Each displayed image
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