Hematite is strong, supporting timidity, boosting self-esteem and survivability, enhancing willpower and reliability, and imparting confidence. It helps to overcome compulsions and addictions, treating overeating, smoking and other forms of overindulgence. Hematite’s spiritual meaning is to bring balance to both the etheric body and the physical body. And due to its magnetic nature and our yin-yang energies, it’s nature is to bring us back to equilibrium. A strong rooting stone. Hematite is connected to the Root Chakra.
NOTE: Hematite is the mineral form of iron oxide. Much hematite is at least weakly magnetic, although not all. Many of the minerals and rocks sold as “magnetic hematite” are in fact synthetic. Hematite is a 5.5-6.5 on the Mohs Hardness scale but should be kept away from water because it is an iron oxide that rusts when it comes in contact with water.