Definition of "oligist" [ol•i•gist]

• Hematite or specular iron ore. (noun)

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• "Hartz and the upheaved chain of the Alps; while the simultaneous presence of sulphur, oligist iron and the sulphurous acid vapours which precede the formation of sulphuric acid, seem to manifest the action of forces placed at a great depth in the interior of the globe."
• "On this week's show Evan, Josh, Eric, Robert, and waveform-oligist Andy talk about Portal"
• "The enormous masses of muriate of soda recently thrown up by Vesuvius, * the small veins of that salt which I have often seen traverse the most recently ejected lavas, and of which the origin (by sublimation) appears similar to that of oligist iron deposited in the same vents, * the layers of gem-salt and saliferous clay of the trachytic soil in the plains of Peru and around the volcano of the Andes of Quito are well worthy the attention of geologists who would discuss the origin of formations."