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Oligist [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

oligist iron, so called, is a crystallized tritoxyd of iron.

Oligist [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite.

2. Alt. of Oligistic

Oligistic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to hematite.