Relating to or containing haematite, the iron oxide mineral.
From haematite + -ic (suffix meaning 'relating to'). Technical term used in geology and mineralogy.
Geologists use 'haematitic rocks' to identify ancient geological environments—the presence of haematite in rock layers tells them whether ancient oceans had oxygen and what Earth's atmosphere was like billions of years ago.
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