Hematite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Hematite [ Fe₂O₃ ]

Image of Hematite

Specimen of hematite, from Paraburdoo, Western Australia. Specimen M 41658, Museums Victoria.

Photo by John Bosworth, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)

Material properties

Formula	Fe₂O₃
Abbreviation	Hem
Classifications	Hematite (group), Iron(III) oxide
Members	Titanohematite, Specularite
Luminescence emitter	Fe-O
Spectra	SXES (1)
IMA Status	Approved (IMA 1971 s.p.)
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Related materials	Luogufengite
Crystal symmetry	Trigonal, Point group 3m, Space group R3c (#167)
Tags	Mineral, Simple oxide

Composition

Element	Atoms
Fe	2
O	3
Total:	5

References for Hematite

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Images

CSIRO SXES database

Ruan et al. 2001

Specimens of Hematite

Name	Owner	Materials	Phase purity	Image	Spectra	Techniques
M0633 Hematite	CSIRO	Hematite (99.4%)	99.4	M0633 Hematite Image of Hematite [ Fe2O3 ] in specimen 'M0633 Hematite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0637 Hematite	CSIRO	Hematite (96.3%), Quartz	96.3	M0637 Hematite Image of Hematite and Quartz in specimen 'M0637 Hematite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
46E3863 Hematite	CSIRO	Hematite (93.8%), Quartz	93.8	46E3863 Hematite Image of specimen '46E3863 Hematite' [CSIRO], from Hoyt Lake, Michigan. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0626 Hematite	CSIRO	Hematite (91.5%), Quartz	91.5	M0626 Hematite Image of Hematite and Quartz in specimen 'M0626 Hematite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0801 Hematite	CSIRO	Goethite, Hematite (61.5%), Quartz	61.5	M0801 Hematite Image of specimen 'M0801 Hematite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0764 Goethite	CSIRO	Goethite, Hematite (54.7%), Magnetite, Quartz	54.7	M0764 Goethite Image of Hematite, Goethite, Magnetite and Quartz in specimen 'M0764 Goethite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0638 Hematite	CSIRO	Hematite (51.1%), Maghemite, Quartz	51.1	M0638 Hematite Image of Hematite, Maghemite and Quartz in specimen 'M0638 Hematite / Quartz' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0631 Hematite	CSIRO	Hematite (37.0%), Magnetite, Quartz	37.0	M0631 Hematite Image of Quartz, Hematite and Magnetite in specimen 'M0631 Hematite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2032 Malachite	CSIRO	Goethite, Hematite (18.3%), Malachite, Quartz	18.3	M2032 Malachite Image of Malachite on Quartz, Goethite, and Hematite in specimen 'M2032 Malachite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1646 Chrysocolla	CSIRO	Chrysocolla, Goethite, Hematite (14.8%), Malachite, Montmorillonite, Quartz	14.8	M1646 Chrysocolla Image of Chrysocolla with Goethite, Hematite, Malachite, Montmorillonite and Quartz in specimen 'M1646 Chrysocolla' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0930 Azurite	CSIRO	Azurite, Goethite, Al, Hematite (13.7%), Hoganite, Quartz	13.7	M0930 Azurite Image of specimen 'M0930 Azurite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2803 Chrysocolla and Malachite	CSIRO	Chrysocolla, Goethite, Hematite (10.7%), Malachite, Montmorillonite, Quartz	10.7	M2803 Chrysocolla and Malachite Image of specimen 'M2803 Chrysocolla and Malachite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
MES119 Rhönite	CSIRO	Anorthoclase, Armalcolite, Augite, Hematite (8.9%), Labradorite, Orthoclase	8.9	MES119 Rhönite Image of specimen 'MES119 Rhönite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0891 Chrysocolla	CSIRO	Chrysocolla, Goethite, Hematite (8.7%), Microcline, Montmorillonite, Quartz	8.7	M0891 Chrysocolla Image of Chrysocolla on Goethite in specimen 'M0891 Chrysocolla' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0268 Cinnabar	CSIRO	Cinnabar, Hematite (7.2%), Quartz	7.2	M0268 Cinnabar Image of Cinnabar, Hematite and Quartz in specimen 'M0268 Cinnabar' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2229 Goethite	CSIRO	Goethite, Hematite (7.0%), Quartz	7.0	M2229 Goethite Image of specimen 'M2229 Goethite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2742 Chalcocite	CSIRO	Bornite, Chalcocite-Digenite Group, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, high, Djurleite, Hematite (5.7%), Quartz	5.7	M2742 Chalcocite Image of Djurleite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite (var. high), Hematite and Quartz in specimen 'M2742 Chalcocite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
NR_Act_1 Actinolite	CSIRO	Albite, Clinochlore, Fe, Hematite (5.0%), Muscovite-2M1, Quartz, Talc, Tremolite	5.0	NR_Act_1 Actinolite Image of specimen 'NR_Act_1 Actinolite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2237 Azurite	CSIRO	Azurite, Delafossite, Goethite, Al, Hematite (4.8%), Malachite, Quartz	4.8	M2237 Azurite Image of Azurite with Malachite, Delafossite, Goethite (var. Al), Hematite and Quartz in specimen 'M2237 Azurite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
MES108 Andradite	CSIRO	Andradite, Calcite, Hematite (4.5%), Quartz	4.5	MES108 Andradite Image of specimen 'MES108 Andradite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2740 Chalcocite	CSIRO	Chalcocite-Digenite Group, Digenite, high, Djurleite, Hematite (2.7%), Tenorite	2.7	M2740 Chalcocite Image of Djurleite, Digenite (var. high), Hematite and Tenorite in specimen 'M2740 Chalcocite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0656 Cuprite	CSIRO	Clinochlore, Fe, Cuprite, Fluorite, Goethite, Hematite (2.5%), Malachite, Quartz	2.5	M0656 Cuprite Image of specimen 'M0656 Cuprite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1362 Tourmaline	CSIRO	Fluor-uvite, Hematite (2.0%), Ilmenite, Magnetite, Tourmaline	2.0	M1362 Tourmaline Image of Tourmaline in specimen 'M1362 Tourmaline' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	2	Reflectance
API H31 Illite	CSIRO	Anatase, Hematite (1.8%), Illite, Illite-Smectite 12.0A, Kaolinite, Quartz	1.8	API H31 Illite Image of Illite-Smectite 12.0A, Hematite, Kaolinite and Quartz in specimen 'API H31 Illite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0777 Goethite	CSIRO	Goethite, Hematite (1.8%), Quartz	1.8	M0777 Goethite Image of specimen 'M0777 Goethite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—