Heart Hematite Earrings

A Pair of Heart Hematite Earrings. These are heart hematite which is a silvery, shiny opaque stone that almost looks like metal. Hematite is known as the healing stone.

KNOWN AS THE HEALING STONE

Varieties: Many of the various forms of hematite have separate names.
The steel-gray crystals and coarse-grained varieties have a brilliant metallic lustre and are known as specular iron ore or looking glass ore. They are used as intaglios in men's signet rings.
Thin scaly types are called micaceous hematite.
Much hematite occurs in a soft, fine-grained, earthy form called red ochre or ruddle.
Intermediate between these types are compact varieties, often with a reniform surface (kidney ore) or a fibrous structure (pencil ore). Red ochre is used as a pigment in paints and crayons, a purified form, rouge, is used to polish plate glass.

$6.50 a pair