Forgive me for entering in the conversation about magnets. Iam a practicing ND and find certain magnets of great benefit. There is quite a bit of good science behind the therapy. best regards Frank ND ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve To: silver-list Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 12:33 PM Subject: CS>Bloodstone and Hematite
Personally, I am extremely dubious of the benefits of wearing any mineral. However, hematite is not the same stone as bloodstone. Bloodstone is green jasper with bright spots of iron oxide and very pretty. Hematite is pure iron oxide, Fe2O3. So perhaps bloodstone could be confused with hematite since it does seem to have tiny spots of iron oxide in it? Now if you're talking about magnets and magnet therapy, I used to be totally in disbelief that it could do a thing. Nowadays, I'm open to the possibility that it may be helpful in circulation, and maybe in other things. I just don't know, would be nice though.