Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Oligist

Oligist , noun

[See Oligist, a.]

(Mineralogy) Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite.

Oligist , adjective

[Greek {not transcribed}, superl. of 'oli`gos few, little: compare French oligiste.]

(Mineralogy) Of or pertaining to hematite.

Also: Oligistic