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)
15450	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Hematite. 3 standing figures. God wearing conical horned headdress, upturned curl in nape of the neck; long coat open at the side, one leg raised and resting on a mountain top(?) approached by hero wearing a close fitting cap, tunic extending only to the knees and a weapon at the belt. Third figure full face - ( the other two in profile) is a nude female wearing a wig. Attributes: crescent moon under sun.
15710	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight miniature. Hematite. [drawing 1:1]
16178	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Inscribed. Presentation scene: God enthroned on a dais(?) holding a vase(?) in his left hand. Two standing figures before the god. The first bare-headed wears tunic open at left shoulder, full right sleeve(?) skirt with fringes down back & front; the second has a high horned headdress and flounced kaukanes skirt.
16182	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Hematite black. Primitive linear design; running stags and curved incised lines.
16205	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: Dark steatite scaraboid, on the base a scorpion roughly drawn. Glazed scarab (glaze gone); and some glazed lentoid beads, one of pink pebble, one crystal bead & a big hematite ball bead. [drawing]
16212	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: A mixed lot of paste, carnelian, agate, jasper, cats eye, crystal, breccia, sard, hematite, lapis, copper, amethyst. Order not kept.
16229A	(none)	1931,1010.156	(none)	Weight 2.88 GRS. Haematite. Ovoid. Reddish brown 1-Minette (nominal weight - 2.805 grs.) Type I
16229D	(none)	1931,1010.159	(none)	Weight 8.32 GRS. Haematite. Long ovoid. Black 1 sheqel (nominal weight 8.416 grs.) Type III
16229E	(none)	1931,1010.168	(none)	Weight 8.32 GRS. Haematite. Ovoid. Blackish Brown. 1 sheqel (nominal weight 8.416 grs.) Type I
16229N	(none)	1931,1010.180	(none)	Weight 1.24 GRS. Haematite. Ovoid. Black 1/2 minette (nominal weight 1.4025 grs.) Type I
16229V	(none)	1931,1010.169	(none)	Weight. 0.86 GRS Cylindrical Haematite Black 6 "Little Sheqels" (Nominal weight .84 GRS) Type III
16229W	(none)	1931,1010.172	(none)	Weight. 0.80 GRS Conical Steatite Black 6 "Little Sheqels" (Nominal weight 0.84 GRS) Type IV.
16229Z	(none)	1931,1010.167	(none)	Weight 3.2 GRS. Rough ovoid. Haematite. Black. [drawing] Unidentified. Type I.
16239A	(none)	1931,1010.186	(none)	Weight 4.32 grs. hematite. Black. [drawing] 1/2 sheqel (nominal weight 4.208 grs.) Type ? IV
16239C	(none)	1931,1010.166	(none)	Weight 0.96 grs. Haematite. Long Ovoid. Black 1/3 Minette (=20 grains) (nominal weight 0.935 grs.) Type III.
16239D	(none)	1931,1010.162	(none)	Weight 2.88 grs. pebble (chipped). Brown. 1 minette (nominal weight 2.805 grs.). [drawing] Type VI
16239L	(none)	1931,1010.170	(none)	Weight 1.6 GRS. haematite, ovoid (end broken), blackish-brown. Type I.
16248	(none)	(none)	(none)	Weight 4.48 grs. Pyramidal. Black hematite. HALF-SHEQEL(?) (Nominal weight 4.208 grs). Type IV.
16249A	(none)	1931,1010.113	(none)	[A-B are subdivisions based on BMdb] Duck-Weight 24.32 Grs brownish-gray Limestone Weight 1670.48 ratio 3 unit 9.28 Probably 3 sheqels (nominal weight 25.248 GRS) Type VI
16326	(none)	1931,1010.25	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Tip missing. Presentation scene: 3 standing figures. The first has both hands raised in greeting., conical cap rising in tiers, a short pig-tail, and flounced kaukanes coat. Approaching is a male figure clothed in a short coat which only comes down to the knees, and carrying a club in his right hand. He also wears a brimmed cap. Behind him a second figure similarly clad carrying an offering in left hand and a basket(?) in the right. Each of the last 2 figures seems to have an animal skin over the short coat.
16365	(none)	1931,1010.24	(none)	Cylinder seal. Hematite. Presentation scene, 3 standing figures.
16367A	(none)	1931,1010.174	(none)	Set of four weights: (A) Black hematite, ovoid, weight 224 grs. Prob. - 3 sheqels (nominal weight 25.248) Type I (B) Black hematite, ovoid, weight 7.68 grs. perhaps-1 sheqel (nonminal weight 8.416); Type I (C) Brown hematite, in section thus [drawing] weight 8.512 grs. - 1 sheqel Type ? (D) Black hematite duck weight=4.352 Grs= 1/2 sheqel (nominal weight 4.208) Type VI
16367B	(none)	1931,1010.174	(none)	Set of four weights: (A) Black hematite, ovoid, weight 224 grs. Prob. - 3 sheqels (nominal weight 25.248) Type I (B) Black hematite, ovoid, weight 7.68 grs. perhaps-1 sheqel (nonminal weight 8.416); Type I (C) Brown hematite, in section thus [drawing] weight 8.512 grs. - 1 sheqel Type ? (D) Black hematite duck weight=4.352 Grs= 1/2 sheqel (nominal weight 4.208) Type VI
16367C	(none)	1931,1010.174	(none)	Set of four weights: (A) Black hematite, ovoid, weight 224 grs. Prob. - 3 sheqels (nominal weight 25.248) Type I (B) Black hematite, ovoid, weight 7.68 grs. perhaps-1 sheqel (nonminal weight 8.416); Type I (C) Brown hematite, in section thus [drawing] weight 8.512 grs. - 1 sheqel Type ? (D) Black hematite duck weight=4.352 Grs= 1/2 sheqel (nominal weight 4.208) Type VI
16367D	(none)	1931,1010.174	(none)	Set of four weights: (A) Black hematite, ovoid, weight 224 grs. Prob. - 3 sheqels (nominal weight 25.248) Type I (B) Black hematite, ovoid, weight 7.68 grs. perhaps-1 sheqel (nonminal weight 8.416); Type I (C) Brown hematite, in section thus [drawing] weight 8.512 grs. - 1 sheqel Type ? (D) Black hematite duck weight=4.352 Grs= 1/2 sheqel (nominal weight 4.208) Type VI