HEMATITE

Taking its name from the Greek 'haimatitis', meaning 'blood-red', the height of hematite's popularity in jewelry was in Europe during the Victorian era. Due to it delicate nature, the mineral is found only in precious jewelry.

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From the Greek haimatitis, meaning blood-red, the metallic grey iron oxide owes its name to the red color of the powdered mineral, which resembles dried blood. Found in various states of compactness, from a soft, red paint ore, which was used by early American Indians to adorn their faces before battle and continues to be used today as a pigment, to the most compact form of the mineral, which is cut for jewelry.

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HEMATITE: A BRIEF HISTORY

The bones of Neolithic burials have been found smeared with powdered hematite, and there are burials found in China dating back to the 10th millennium BC scattered with the gemstone. The height of hematite's popularity in jewelry was in Europe during the Victorian era. It has also seen a strong resurgence in North America. Due to it delicate nature, the mineral is found only in precious jewelry.

MEANING BEHIND THE STONE

Hematite has been worn to protect its wearer from bleeding, and is thought to protect against unionized radiation, and therefore a good stone to wear when working around computers. Crystal healers use hematite for any disorder of the blood, as well as for leg cramps and insomnia.

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