Hematite

Hematite can be metallic or nonmetallic, and is micaceous and foliated. It can be identified by its red streak. Its color is steel-grey to black in crystals, dull to bright red in fine grained material. It has a moh's hardness of 5-6.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
13035A	(none)	1929,1017.461	(none)	[A-B] 2 Haematite weights. Lentoid shapes. Type II. [C-F Additional letters weights according to British Museum]
12631	(none)	1929,1017.326	(none)	[A] Beads. A motley collection including: rock crystal balls, hematite balls, shell and (Chrysoprase?) [chalcedony] bugles (broken), [B.1-.3] 2 unpierced steatite cylinders (for seals). 1 - unpierced marble cylinder (ditto) and [C] fragment of an obsidian mace head. (truncated pear shaped).
9578	(none)	1928,1010.251	(none)	Cylinder Seal Haematite Presentation scene, seated god and 3 standing figures and a tree
7611	(none)	1928,1009.456	(none)	Weight haematite. Dark green. Conoid. Type IV.
8466D	(none)	1928,1009.455	(none)	[A-E] 5 weights, [A-D] 4 hematite, [E] 1 silver lentoid. hematite - 1 lentoid, 1 conoid, 1 ovoid, 1 roughly cylindrical, slightly bigger at base than at top. weights: Types I, II, III, IV.
9330	(none)	1928,1009.25	(none)	Cylinder seal Hematite Scene: 2 men, 2 bulls, 1 lion fighting.
8147	(none)	1928,1009.129	(none)	Necklace. 90 carnelian ring beads. 7 hematite ring beads. 12 silver beads, double conoids - 1 poppy head? lentoids and bugle beads.
6178F	(none)	1927,0527.53	(none)	[A-F] 6 hematite weights. Black. Types II, III and I or VIII ? (D+E)
6103	(none)	1927,0527.52	(none)	Weight. Black hematite. Wedge shaped. E. Fragmentary. Type V.
6178E	(none)	1927,0527.51	(none)	[A-F] 6 hematite weights. Black. Types II, III and I or VIII ? (D+E)
6178C	(none)	1927,0527.50	(none)	[A-F] 6 hematite weights. Black. Types II, III and I or VIII ? (D+E)
6178B	(none)	1927,0527.49	(none)	[A-F] 6 hematite weights. Black. Types II, III and I or VIII ? (D+E)
6256B	(none)	1927,0527.48	(none)	[A-F] 6 Cylindrical weights. Black haematite.Types III.
6783	(none)	1927,0527.47	(none)	Weight. Hematite. Green. E. Type ?.
6256A	(none)	1927,0527.46	(none)	[A-F] 6 Cylindrical weights. Black haematite.Types III.
6257B	(none)	1927,0527.44	(none)	[A-C] 3 Duck Weights. [A-B] 2 Black Haematite. [C] 1 Lapis Lazuli. A and B to E [Expedition]. [drawing C 1:1] Type VI.
1202	(none)	1924,0920.52	(none)	Haematite boar's head. (small : side broken away.) [drawing 1:1]
1555	(none)	1924,0920.51	(none)	Amulet. Hematite. Recumbant cat; pierced for suspension, with holes for inlay eyes. [drawing 1:1]
114	(none)	(none)	(none)	Haematite Weight (?). [drawing 1:1] Type III
515	(none)	(none)	(none)	Haematite weight. [Below] Very thin and long. Inscribed III. Inscribed III Type III
1410	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Hematite. Introduction to a god seated facing right. Inscription in 2 lines obliterated.
1507	(none)	(none)	B15731	Stone weight. Mottled black stone. Like U.1506 (more elongated). Type II. P. [Philadelphia]
2934	(none)	(none)	(none)	String of beads. Small lentoids of carnelian, rock crystal, granite, hematite, red jasper, sard, shell, copper, etc., with shell disc pendant. Together and re-strung arbitrarily.
3082	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Hematite. 1st Babylonian Dynasty. Two such worshipping figures on either side of the inscription. A-bi i-li-su son of Su-u-ma a-bu-um servant of dNin-sah. [drawing]
3358	(none)	(none)	(none)	Small mace head. Hematite: apple-shaped with slight excrescence at one end of hole. [drawing 1:1]