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