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