Description
Hematite Tumbled Stone Necklace
Color / features:
Metallic gray black, brown, or dull to bright red usually in grainy or bulbous masses, but can sometimes appear as blocky, platy, or tabular crystals. Highly charged due to its iron content, and is easily magnetized. Absorbs the nature of an illness
Applications:
Worn on the body, placed on key energy centers during treatments, used in massage, given as an elixir, placed in the living environment
Function(s):
Important stone for working on the blood, supports the ability to protect and heal one’s self from the wounds of the world, breaks up Qi and blood stagnation, grounding, balance and stabilize the energetic field
Five Elements Affinity:
Cold
Organ / Body Affinity:
Lung, Heart
Meridian Affinity:
PC/LR
Conception Vessel/Ren Mai
Crystal Structure / Sacred Geometry:
Trigonal
Chemical Composition:
Iron oxide
(Fe2O)
Usually pure but can contain minor inclusions of titanium, aluminum, or manganese.
Level of Formation / Strata and Effect:
Igneous/Yuan
Sedimentary/Wei
Metamorphic/Ying
Cautions:
Will rust when used in an elixir
Do not combine hematite with stones high in phosphorus
Consistent wearing of hematite jewelry is generally appropriate only for the very young and for mothers in the first trimester of pregnancy