Question: is iron ore the same as hematite?
Answer: Hematite is colored black to steel or silver-gray, brown to reddish-brown, or red. It is mined as the main ore of iron. Varieties include kidney ore, martite (pseudomorphs after magnetite), iron rose and specularite (specular hematite). ... Maghemite is a hematite- and magnetite-related oxide mineral.