Hematite

Hematite

Type	Mineral
Location	Frozen Geode; Omni Geode
Sell Price	150g

Hematite is a geode mineral that comes out of Frozen Geodes and Omni Geodes. Like most geode minerals, it earns its keep as a museum donation, since each new mineral brings Gunther's collection closer to its next reward. After the first copy goes to the museum, spare pieces are sold or used for tailoring, where Hematite gives a copper dye. Its price sits in the middle of the Frozen Geode range, so it is a pleasant find but not a reason to farm. As a gift it pleases only the Wizard.

The in-game description reads: An iron-based Mineral with interesting magnetic properties.

Location

Breaking a Frozen Geode is the main way to get Hematite. Each Frozen Geode gives roughly one chance in thirty. An Omni Geode can hold it too, but Omni Geodes spread their luck across every geode mineral in the game. That makes each one a much weaker bet for Hematite in particular.

Rocks on floors 41 to 79 of The Mines drop Frozen Geodes, and so do rocks on the Farm in Winter. Fishing Treasure Chests can hold them. A full Ice Pip Fish Pond produces them now and then. On the Hill-top Farm and the Four Corners Farm, the small quarry has Frozen Geode Nodes that give them when broken.

Clint at the Blacksmith opens geodes for a small fee. The Geode Crusher does the same job for free. Clint gives its recipe after his Cave Patrol special order is done. Daily luck leaves the contents unchanged, so geodes can be opened on any day.

Prices

Hematite sells for about the same as Opal and Geminite, its neighbours in the Frozen Geode. Kyanite and Fairy Stone fetch noticeably more. The Gemologist profession at Mining level 10 raises the price of every gem and mineral by thirty percent, Hematite included.

A Crystalarium can copy Hematite, but each copy takes about three and a half days. That works out to roughly 43g a day. Jade in the same machine earns close to three times as much. A Crystalarium is therefore better used on a gem than on Hematite.

Uses

Donating the first Hematite to Gunther at the museum adds it to the mineral collection. Mineral donations unlock furniture at set totals, such as the Standing Geode, the Singing Stone and the Obsidian Vase. At forty-one minerals the reward is the Crystal Chair, and at fifty it is a free Crystalarium.

Putting Hematite and Cloth in the Sewing Machine makes the Vintage Polo. Placed in the spool with a dyeable clothing item instead, Hematite dyes it copper. It also fits the orange dye pot at Emily and Haley's house.

Gifts

The Wizard likes Hematite. Spare copies make an easy gift for him once the museum has its piece.

Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy dislike Hematite. Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam dislike it too, and so do the children Jas, Leo and Vincent. The marriage candidates Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam, Sebastian and Shane share that view, and so do the Dwarf, Krobus and Sandy.

Notes

Frozen Geodes are the efficient way to hunt Hematite. Saving a stack from a trip through the middle floors of The Mines and cracking them all at once fills many museum slots in one visit to Clint.

A spare Hematite in a chest is handy for tailoring, since it gives the copper dye at the Sewing Machine.

All Geode Minerals

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Image	Price
Aerinite		125g
Alamite		150g
Baryte		50g
Basalt		175g
Bixite		300g
Calcite		75g
Celestine		125g
Dolomite		300g
Esperite		100g
Fairy Stone		250g
Fire Opal		350g
Fluorapatite		200g
Geminite		150g
Ghost Crystal		200g
Granite		75g
Helvite		450g
Hematite		150g
Jagoite		115g
Jamborite		150g
Jasper		150g
Kyanite		250g
Lemon Stone		200g
Limestone		15g
Lunarite		200g
Malachite		100g
Marble		110g
Mudstone		25g
Nekoite		80g
Neptunite		400g
Obsidian		200g
Ocean Stone		220g
Opal		150g
Orpiment		80g
Petrified Slime		120g
Pyrite		120g
Sandstone		60g
Slate		85g
Soapstone		120g
Star Shards		500g
Thunder Egg		100g
Tigerseye		275g