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It contains, as substances accidentally disseminated in the mass, brown iron-ore, spathic iron, even rock-crystal.— Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3
At Pillersee, in Austria, spathic iron ore has been reduced by a mixture of fir-wood charcoal, and air-dry peat in the proportions of three parts by bulk of the former to one of the latter.— Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel
Diamond, sir, in extraordinary evidence! in conjunction with specular iron ore, commonly called the red haematite, and the ferrous carbonate, or spathic iron.— The Lord of the Sea
The property of the spathic acid, to corrode flinty substances, has been lately applied by a Mr. Puymaurin, to engrave on glass, as artists engrave on copper, with aquafortis.— Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2
Again, many minerals, such as crystals, are bounded by plain surfaces, and, with very few exceptions (spathic and hematite iron and dolomite are such exceptions) none are bounded by curved lines and surfaces, while living organisms are bounded by such lines and surfaces.— Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky

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