Official Symbols and Emblems of Alabama
Hematite, an oxide of iron (Fe 2. O 3), is also known as "red iron ore" and in 1967 was designated as the State Mineral by the Alabama was mined for many years in the Valley and Ridge area of central and northeastern Alabama. The mining of hematite was once the state's most developed nonfuel mineral industry, and the occurrence of hematite with nearby deposits of coal (a ...