Oligist

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oligist \Ol"i*gist\, n. [See {Oligist}, a.] (Min.)
     Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusion
     to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite.
     [1913 Webster] Oligist

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Oligist \Ol"i*gist\, Oligistic \Ol`i*gis"tic\, a. [Gr. ?,
     superl. of 'oli`gos few, little: cf. F. oligiste.] (Min.)
     Of or pertaining to hematite.
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