Micaceous Iron oxide (SIMONO^® MIO), also known as specular Hematite and flaky Hematite, is a kind of Iron oxide. Hematite is a naturally occurring mineral ore that is mostly composed of Fe₂O₃. As comparing to well-known iron oxides, which are used as color pigments, it is different in both form and shape. The color is dark grey with a metallic sheen, and the structure is flaky and lamellar. SIMONO^® MIO has a flaky, lamellar structure. SIMONO^® MIO, like the other types of iron oxide, is a chemically inert material. Furthermore, it is insoluble in water, organic solvents, and alkalis, and it is only slightly soluble in very strong acids when heated to very high temperatures. It is non-reactive with the most of substances and is heat stable up to its melting temperature of more over 1000 ℃. It is non-toxic, non-oxidizing, noncorrosive, and non-flammable, and it has no known side effects. SIMONO^® MIO has been effectively used in a variety of industries, such as paints and coatings, welding electrodes, friction materials, drilling fluids, and polymers and plastics.

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