Pyrite and Hematite

Dimensions- 4, 6, 4.5cm (H,W,D)

Iron Pyrite is often called Fools Gold. It is an exceptionally strong and fast acting ‘macho’ stone that gets things moving, assisting you to tap into your own potential and ignite your creative spark. Helping you to see what lies beneath a façade, Pyrite is also an excellent energy shield, blocking negative energy and pollutants at all levels including infective diseases. Iron Pyrite is very positive stone which lifts melancholy and deep despair, boosts your self-worth and self-confidence, relieves anxiety and frustration and both motivates and activates you to move into joy. It quickly connects you to universal energy, removes blockages to tapping into abilities and potential, stimulating the flow of ideas. Iron Pyrite is useful for energising business projects and planning large business concepts and aids diplomacy.  However, it can be too strong for ‘macho men’ and works best for women and gentle-men, strengthening confidence in oneself and one’s masculinity, instilling stamina and insight within a spirit of cooperation. Pyrite increases blood flow to the brain and improves memory and recall. Cubic Pyrite in particular expands and structures mental capabilities, balancing instinct with intuition, creativity with analysis.

Hematite is particularly effective at grounding and protecting and protects the soul and grounds it back into the body during out of body journeying.  It dissolves negativity and prevents negative energies from entering the aura, restoring peace and harmony to the body.  This stone is strongly yang and balances the meridians, redressing yin imbalances and harmonizes mind, body and spirit. Hematite aids concentration and focus, enhancing memory and original thought. It brings the mind’s attention to basic survival needs and helps to sort out problems of all kinds.  This is a useful stone for the study of mathematics and technical subjects and is said to be beneficial for legal situations.Hematite is a useful stone for overcoming compulsions and addictions and brings attention to the unfulfilled desires that are driving life. It may help overcome over-eating, smoking and any form of over-indulgence. Hematite helps to come to terms with mistakes and to accept them as learning experiences rather than disasters.  Having a powerful connection with blood, it restores, strengthens and regulates the blood supply and can draw heat from the body. Hematite supports timid women, boosts self-esteem and survival ability, enhances will-power and reliability, and imparts confidence.  This stone removes self-limitations and aids expansion.

All our crystal meanings have been taken from Judy Hall who kindly granted Elements of Avebury permission to use them. For further information Judy Hall has released several books including The Crystal Bible series.

Please note crystals and their meanings are not a substitute for the advice of a professional. If you have symptoms that you are concerned about, please seek professional advice.