Magnetite Cluster

I have only seen a magnetite crystal occasionally as a polished tumble but I was excited that was my first chance to see a Magnetite Specimen Cluster.

The matrix is soft was no soaking in water. I don’t feel the photos do them justice. Unfortunately in this form I don’t think you can magnetise the points!

It’s a stone of attraction, working harmoniously with your energies and helping bring your desired results. They are very grounding and stabilizing stone that will make you strong and courageous amidst the challenges of life. Read more on Healing Tab.

Read more about the magnetite crystal shape.

Remember, do NOT put your magnetite specimen near water or give to “rough handling” people as the matrix is very soft. The dimensions are for D.

Here is a video – it starts with crystal A to C but I added D at end. It will help you pick your magnetite cluster.

Weight	127 g
Dimensions	75 × 53 × 43 mm
Colour	Black, Silver / Grey
Country Crystal Grew	Morocco
Size	Medium

Healing Properties

Benefits of Manganese Magnetite and Galena

Manganese

• Assists in bonding e.g. brings others closer and activates energies of cooperation.
• Helps one with resolve e.g. ‘what one starts, one completes’.
• Stimulates spontaneity, enhances positivity ad inspires true creativity.
• Balances emotions and physical body.
• When in crystalline form all these qualities above are strengthened and brings connection between Conscious self and Angelic realm.
• Said to diminish free-radical oxides, increase metabolic rate, as well as, bring relief from muscular and joint stiffness plus headaches.

Magnetite (Lodestone)

Also called: Lodestone, magnetic hematite Attracts iron filings.

• Excellent for balancing polarities – male/female, brain hemispheres, etc.
• Activates hidden potentials to rise to surface e.g.
  • if intellectual, intuitive side awakens;
  • if impractical intuitive, organization skills arise.
• Stimulates alignment to higher ideals.
• Help differentiate between what's useful and what isn't.
• Essential for healers:
  • aligns currents;
  • works on many energy levels,
  • keeps healer balanced and aligned.
• Said to help clear meridians, glands, liver and bile.

Galena  (Lead Sulfide)

• Stone of self-transformation, stimulating the urge to seek journey of enlightenment.
• Powerful grounding stone, carrying meditation-awareness deep into the Earth.
• Aids holistic healing to bring balance on all levels.
• Can help diagnose ailments when other methods fail.
• Gives strength and courage to face difficult tasks.
• Assists in past-life regression, guides to appropriate memories.
• Excellent for homeopaths, shamans and herbalists.
• Said to aid recovery: infections, radiation and chemotherapy.

Note:  Galena is lead sulfide so there are toxicity concerns

Geological Information

Geological Information for Metal

• This section covers: Copper, Gold, Silver, Manganese, Galena
• Other sections cover: Bismuth, Pyrite. Magnetite is with Hematite

• Metals can be pure or elemental - appearing on the periodic table - such as Bismuth, Manganese, Copper. Others are oxides or metals compounds - such as Pyrite, Hematite, Chalcopyrite. And lastly they can be combined into alloys like steel, pewter, brass or bronze.
• "A metal (from Greek μέταλλον métallon, "mine, quarry, metal"^[1][2]) is a material (an element, compound, or alloy) that is typically hard when in solid state, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity. Metals are generally malleable—that is, they can be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking—as well as fusible (able to be fused or melted) and ductile (able to be drawn out into a thin wire).^[3] Around 90 of the 118 elements in the periodic table are metals" - read more from Wikipedia.

General Identification

• Type: Element
• Class: Metal

Copper (Cu - atomic weight 29)

• Appearance: red-orange metallic luster
• Crystal System: Cubic
• Mohr Hardness: 3
• Discovery Middle East 9000BCE
• Copper is one of the few metals that can occur in nature in a directly usable metallic form.
• "Copper is used as a conductor of heat and electricity, as a building material, and as a constituent of various metal alloys, such as sterling silver used in jewellery, cupronickel used to make marine hardware and coins, and constantan used in strain gauges and thermocouples for temperature measurement. " Wikipedia
• More geological information.

Galena (Au - atomic weight 79)

• Appearance: metallic grey
• Crystal System: Cubes and octahedra, blocky, tabular and sometimes skeletal crystals
• Mohs Hardness: 2.5–2.75
• Other characteristics: Natural semiconductor
• Also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead(II) sulfide (PbS).
• Most important ore of lead and an important source of silver.
• Often associated with the minerals sphalerite, calcite and fluorite.
• One of the oldest uses was in the eye cosmetic kohl. In Ancient Egypt: applied around the eyes to reduce the glare of the desert sun and to repel flies (a potential source of disease).

Gold (Au - atomic weight 79)

• Appearance: metallic yellow
• Crystal System: Cubic
• Mohs Hardness: 2.5
• Discovery Middle East before 6000BCE
• "Gold often occurs in free elemental (native) form, as nuggets or grains, in rocks, in veins, and in alluvial deposits...Gold is the most malleable of all metals; a single gram can be beaten into a sheet of 1 square meter... Gold leaf can be beaten thin enough to become semi-transparent....Gold is resistant to most acids,...gold is a precious metal that has been used for coinage, jewelry, and other arts...world consumption of new gold produced is about 50% in jewelry, 40% in investments, and 10% in industry." wikipedia
• The world's oceans contain gold but the amounts to rare to extract.
• More geological information.

Manganese (Mn - atomic 25)

• Appearance: silvery metallic
• Crystal System: Cubic
• Mohr Hardness: 6
• Dsicovery in 1774 as noted in many iron ores.
• It is not found as a free element in nature yet Manganese comprises about 1000 ppm (0.1%) of the Earth's crust, the 12th most abundant of the crust's elements.it is often found in minerals in combination with iron. Manganese is a metal with important industrial metal alloy uses, particularly in stainless steels.
• With chlorine it forms pyrolusite.
• "Manganese phosphating is used for rust and corrosion prevention on steel. Ionized manganese is used industrially as pigments of various colors" wikipedia
• More geological information.

Silver (Ag - atomic weight 47)

• Appearance: lustrous white metal
• Crystal System: Cubic
• Mohs Hardness: 2.5
• Discovery before 5000BCE
• "Silver has long been valued as a precious metal. Silver metal is used in many bullion coins, sometimes alongside gold^] while it is more abundant than gold, it is much less abundant as a native metal ... silver is used in solar panels, water filtration, jewellery, ornaments, high-value tableware and utensils (hence the term silverware), in electrical contacts and conductors, in specialized mirrors, window coatings, in catalysis of chemical reactions, as a colorant in stained glass and in specialised confectionery. Its compounds are used in photographic and X-ray film. Dilute solutions of silver nitrate and other silver compounds are used as disinfectants and microbiocides, added to bandages and wound-dressings, and medical instruments " wikipedia
• More geological information.

Special Notes

• "Many elements and compounds that are not normally classified as metals become metallic under high pressures. For example, the non-metal iodine gradually becomes a metal at a pressure of between 40 and 170 thousand times atmospheric pressure. Equally, some materials regarded as metals can become non-metals. Sodium, for example, becomes a non-metal at pressure of just under two million times atmospheric pressure. " Wikipedia
• In Wikipedia read: Toxic effects of metals