Physical Features:
Chemical | Fe2O3 |
Color | Black, steel gray, partly reddish |
Crystal Habit | Tabular crystals of varying thickness sometimes twinned, micaceous (specular), botryoidal and massive. also earthy or oolitic. |
Crystal System | Trigonal |
Cleavage | None |
Fracture | Uneven,Conchoidal |
Hardness | 6 Mohs scale |
Luster | Metallic |
Transparency | Opaque |
Specific gravity | 5.00 - 5.30 |
Refractive index | 2.690 - 3.220 |
Birefringence | 0.280 |
Magnetite is also known as the loadstone or Magnetic hematite. It improves the quality of the base chakra . It isvery effective for those people who have the Zodiac signs of Capricorn,Aquarius, Virgo, and Aries. They are available in the market in greyish black orin the iron black metallic colour. It helps to bring balanced approach in yourperspective and trust in your intuition. In most of the cases they help to wipenegative energy from our body and mind. There are various health, psychologicaland spiritual benefit associated with this gem stone for an individual to leada stable and prosperous life.
Health benefits of Magnetite:-
This gemstone is very beneficial forcirculatory system, skin, hair, and very much useful for people who aresuffering from asthma. As it is anti inflammatory in nature so it is verybeneficial curing pains and aches. These gemstone is stimulates sluggish organsand over active ones. It should not be worn by pregnant woman or the personswith pacemakers. It could be harmful for them if they don't consult theirphysician and wear it. So wearing this stone will be effective when a patientis suffering from above disease.
Psychological benefit of Magnetite:-
It helps to maintain the positive andnegative polarity of an individual. It aligns the chakras temporarily to make asubtle benefit to mind and body substantially in equal proportion. Person whodoes meditation regularly can adopt the quality of doing telepathy among theirnear ones.
Thus these gem stone can do wondersto both to health as well as to the spirit of an individual on a constantbasis. It increase the quality of love, commitment and loyalty amongindividuals. This stone improves the spiritual ability to achieve success inlife for an individual on a constantly