Major Types of Iron
Iron Pyrite “Fool’s Gold”
Metallic Sulfide Opaque 6-6.5
Common
Worldwide
Colors: Pale to Bright Gold
Uses: Pyrite has long been valued as a strong protection stone that shields the wearer from negative energy as well as environmental pollutants. Thus, this stone helps promote physical well-being as well. Stimulating the second and third chakras, pyrite enhances strength of mind and willpower.
Properties: Pyrite has a connection to the solar plexus chakra (chakras are strong energy centers within the body) and is used to increase strength, energy, willpower, and confidence. It's also a wonderful abundance stone, encouraging wealth, prosperity, and success. It's connected to the sun which has a bright, yang fire energy.
Magnetite
Metallic Spinel Opaque 5.5-6.5
Common-Uncommon
China, United States, and New Zealand
Colors: Black to Dark Grey
Uses: Magnetite attracts love, commitment and loyalty. Magnetite is said to provide stability, balancing the intellect with the emotion as well as bringing a balanced perspective and trust in your own intuition.
Properties: Magnetite is a stone that will help you manifest desirable people and situations into your life.
Lodestone
Magnetized Magnetite Opaque 5.5-6.5
Very Rare
China, United States, and New Zealand
Colors: Black to Dark Grey
Uses: Lodestone can help us to cultivate our natural intuitive gifts. It is particularly good for anyone sensitive to energies, who needs extra protection or help staying grounded. Lodestone is perhaps the very best stone for balancing polarities – such as male and female energies, Light and Shadow, etc.
Properties: Lodestone is a magnetic stone that has a strong positive-negative polarity. It will attract the good kind of energies, and it will dispel energies that will hurt or cause you to be unstable. It will act as your personal grounding stone, and it will align the chakras in both your subtle and etheric bodies.
Hematite
Metallic to Splendent Oxide Opaque 5.5-6.5
Common
Brazil, India, China, Canada, Ukraine, South Africa, Russia, and the United States
Colors: Black to Steel Grey
Uses: Hematite is a very grounding and balancing stone, often used to help connect one back to the body. Because of this, it can be used to maintain a connection to the physical body and to the earth when doing spiritual work.
Properties: Hematite restores, strengthens and regulates the blood supply, aiding blood conditions such as anaemia. It supports the kidneys and regenerates tissue. Stimulates the absorption of iron and formation of red blood cells. Treats leg cramps, anxiety and insomnia.