Oligist

{ Ol"i*gist (?), Ol`i*gis"tic (?), } a. [Gr. ?, superl. of ? few, little: cf. F. oligiste.] (Min.) Of or pertaining to hematite.

Ol"i*gist (?), n. [See Oligist, a.] (Min.) Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite.