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Hematite
*A
Stone for Grounding*
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HEMATITE - Kidney Ore - Tiger Iron - Hematite Rose - Specularite -
Oolitic Hematite -
Hematite (also spelled
haematite) Fe2O3
..... can help clear your
mind - sort things out.
It can help you "tune up" your intellect -- making your memory better, helping your thinking processes, and even help you with technical knowledge.
Hematite is a calming stone as well. It balances the yin/yang energies.
It balances the physical, intellectual, and spiritual you. It helps dissolve negativity and transforms the negative energy into universal love.
It is a great grounding and protection stone, especially during meditation.
It not only grounds and protects you, but it will bounce back any negative energy sent at you back to the sender.
KEYWORD: GROUNDING
Habit: Crystals are tabular or rhombohedral, sometimes with curved and striated rhombohedral faces; also columnar, laminated or massive, often striking mamillated or
botryoidal forms
Colour: Steel-grey to black, sometimes iridescent. Massive compact varieties vary from dull to bright red

- Hematite
Crystal
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- Kidney Ore -
- Hematite Rose -
- Specularite -
- Tiger Iron -
- Oolitic Hematite -
Hematite has several varieties, each with their own unique names.
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Hematite Rose is a circular
arrangement of bladed crystals giving the appearance of the flower of a rose.
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Tiger Iron is a sedimentary deposit of approximately 2.2 billion years old that consists of alternating layers of silver
grey hematite and red jasper, chert or even tiger eye quartz.
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Kidney Ore is the massive botryoidal form and gives the appearance of lumpy kidney-like masses.
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Oolitic Hematite is a sedimentary formation that has a reddish brown
colour and an earthy lustre and is composed of small rounded grains.
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Specularite is a micaceous or flaky stone that is sparkling silver
grey and sometimes used as an ornamental stone.
Hematite is an important ore of iron and it's blood red
colour (in the powdered form) lends itself well in use as a pigment. Hematite gets its name from a
Greek word meaning blood-like because of the colour of its powder. Ancient superstition held that large deposits of hematite formed from battles that were fought and the subsequent blood that flowed into the ground. Crystals of Hematite are considered rare and are sought after by collectors as are fine Kidney Ore specimens.
Hematite
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Colour is steel or silver grey to black in some forms and red to brown in earthy forms. Sometimes tarnished with
iridescent colours when in a hydrated form (called Turgite).
Lustre is metallic or dull in earthy and oolitic forms.
Transparency: Crystals are opaque.
Crystal System is trigonal; bar 3 2/m
Crystal Habits include tabular crystals of varying thickness sometimes twinned, micaceous (specular), botryoidal and massive. also earthy or oolitic.
Cleavage is absent however there is a parting on two planes.
Fracture is uneven.
Hardness is 5 - 6
Specific Gravity is 5.3 (slightly above average for metallic minerals)
Streak is blood red to brownish red for earthy forms.
Associated Minerals include jasper (a variety of quartz) in banded iron formations (BIF or Tiger Iron), dipyramidal quartz, rutile, and pyrite among others.
Notable Occurrences especially nice specimens come from England, Mexico, Brazil, Australia and the Lake Superior region.
Best Field Indicators are crystal habit, streak and hardness.
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Metaphysical
Properties:
Hematite
Hematite can help clear your mind; sort things out. It can help you "tune up" your intellect--making your memory better, helping your thinking processes, and even help you with technical knowledge. Hematite is a calming stone as well. It balances the yin/yang energies. It balances the physical, intellectual, and spiritual you. It helps dissolve negativity and transforms the negative energy into universal love. It is a great grounding and protection stone, especially during meditation. It not only grounds and protects you, but it will bounce back any negative energy sent at you back to the sender.
Hematite reflects back mistakes without distortion, apology or bias. A mistake is only a learning experience and some of our greatest learning experiences come from our mis-takes. Like filming, you just do it again until you get it right. It teaches us to work with what we know, rather than from what we see - for our world is only an illusion, a distorted mirror of the true nature of the universe.
Very often when people open spiritually, they realise what a huge task it is. You very soon realise that the more you ‘know’ the more you realise just how ‘little’ you know. We have all spent thousands of lifetimes trying to ‘get it right’ and learn as much as possible. Your greatest teacher is your own direct personal experience.
You will also meet many teachers on your path; each should be working from direct personal experience too.
Hematite is good for calming the nerves and soothing the emotions. It has a strong grounding quality. The spiritual tranquillity associated with hematite brings about a fluid state of consciousness. It calms the hormones. Hematite is good for the functioning of the kidneys, beneficial in use on fluid flows of the body. It will restore equilibrium and stability, so it is good for headaches, dizziness and the feelings of being spaced out.
This stone is also a powerful ally or shield against the negativity of others. When consciously directed it will instantly stop outside intrusive unwanted negative energies affecting your energy field. It is good for stopping nightmares and staunching bleeding.
But be aware - it is a very strong stone and if you ‘over’ use it by always carrying or wearing it on the same area on your body it can begin to give a localised distortion in your energy field, as well as being a skin irritant. The iron energy vibration in hematite will purify and strengthen the blood and aid absorption of iron in the small intestine.
Tiger Iron
Appears to be very useful for those people who are mentally, emotionally and physically exhausted, whose lives are in need of a major change of direction or a life-style overhaul. It facilitates a space where they can stop and take stock of their lives. The overload is very often due to outside influences usually money orientated people get ‘stuck’ in work or family situations that are destroying them.
When someone is very attracted to this crystal, it usually transpires they are suffering from emotional burnout or mental exhaustion. This stone then helps them to make the necessary life-style adjustments by grounding and energising them into constructive creative action. Physically it will heighten vitality and improve the condition of the blood. It works on the feet, legs, hips and base chakra. It also eliminates toxins from the large intestine.
Affirmation: I now tune in to the great substance of the Earth to give grounding to my spiritual work.
Corresponding
Astrological Sign: Aries and Aquarius
Vibrates
to the number 9
References
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"Love is in the Earth - A Kaleidoscope of Crystals updated" - Melody
"Love is in the Earth - Kaleidoscopic Pictorial - Supplement A" -
Melody
"Love is in the Earth - Mineralogical Pictorial" - Melody
Throughout history and legend, people from all cultures and continents have used the spiritual and healing powers of gems and crystals.
Utilized for purely religious purposes as well as communion, physical and spiritual healing, the power of gems and crystals is intertwined with the history of mankind.
It is widely believed that gems & crystals act as amplifiers when brought into contact with the human body’s seven-chakra points.
Chakra is the Sanskrit word for "wheel", and like all other wheels they spin, distributing life-force energy to all areas of the body.
While your chakras can become congested or unbalanced from stress, anxiety, environmental or many other unknown conditions, using gems or crystals in accordance with meditation or bodywork is known to help remove blockages and balance these energy points, promoting health, happiness and well being.
The seven-chakra points within our bodies rotate at different speeds that closely correspond to the vibrational frequencies of different crystals and gemstones.
By utilizing the appropriate crystals and gemstones that correspond to each chakra, it is believed we can unlock the door to the world of crystal healing and tap its powerful, health imbibing powers.
The benefits of long-term crystal exposure to the chakras is said to be one of the most effective forms of alternative healing available.
Healing crystals and gemstones come in highly attractive and functional forms; wearing crystal
jewellery or gemstone crystal wraps is both a practical and fashionable way of reaching your health goals.
Also available for use with meditation or simply carrying around in a pocket or crystal pouch are tumbled gemstones, cut crystals, rough and faceted gemstones, pendulums and sacred geometry shaped crystals.
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