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
IMA Status	Approved (IMA 1971 s.p.)
Crystal symmetry	Trigonal, Point group 3m, Space group R3c (#167)
Classifications	Hematite (group), Iron(III) oxide
Members	Specularite, Titanohematite
Related materials	Luogufengite
Reflectance line	Fe-O
Spectra	SXES (1)
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Tags	Mineral, Simple oxide

Composition

Element	Atoms
Fe	2
O	3
Total:	5

References for Hematite

Reference

Lines

Spectra

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 (var. 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 (var. 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-01 Talc	CSIRO	Albite, Clinochlore (var. Fe), Hematite (5.0%), Muscovite-2M1, Quartz, Talc, Tremolite	5.0	NR-Act-01 Talc Image of specimen 'NR_Act_1 Actinolite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2237 Azurite	CSIRO	Azurite, Delafossite, Goethite (var. 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 (var. 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 (var. 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 Smectite	CSIRO	Anatase, Hematite (1.8%), Illite-Smectite 12.0A, Kaolinite, Quartz, Smectite (group)	1.8	API H31 Smectite 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	—