hematite

[saborami]

Does anyone know the significance of the stone Hematite for Cubans? I recieved a beautiful necklace from my friend in Cuba, with a large Hematite stone . (Olive green) I remember one of my other friends saying that hematite had symbolic significance

for Cubans. I was a wreck as this happened just before I had to leave, I can't find any information.

thanks guys.

[mellisas]

think it has something to do with calming and soothing saborami...reduces stress l think...what colour is your..

[Kubanita]

... saborami ... do you think that is what the stone was that i posted awhile ago ... hematite?

[saborami]

it could be, it is olive green and quite large...i have had a lot of comments on it, how beautiful it is and that it is rare to have one as large as the one i have............. I just spoke to the person who gave it to me, a long conversation, he said to never take the stone off and btw Kubanita, i have several people in Cardenas that will help me find Carlos' son, I have a driver for two days...they are setting it up for me, the medicines and eyeglasses & supplies will all be brought to remote areas, like Perico...and I'll have one of my friends come with me to deliver these things....even though i won't be staying at the resort or any for that matter again...i can also come and go during the day or evening at the hotel, drink there, eat there and they won't charge me a cent..........um, i am pretty overwhelmed....all is not well with my friends and i wish i could get their sooner..........

[Kubanita]

wonderful news amiga ... simply wonderful ... perhaps you can find a way to make it there sooner ... maybe in november ... :rolleyes: ... as they say in cuba ... "why not?"

lets chat via pms okay ...

[saborami]

no can do, next time i go it's for a month and to bring all these supplies down is going to take work. Nitza, is sick....she has not worked at the hotel now, two months. maybe next month they say, she will be well enough to return. i hope one day you can meet her, she is like a sister to me..........since you are so great at finding things on the net, can you try and find out what the sig nificance of the stone is...i think it is a calming and soothing stone...........

[saborami]

crap, just read your ps..okay.

[Kubanita]

... found this for ya saborami ... but will love to hear what your cuban friends tell you about its healing properties ... says it is good for many things ...

blood cleanser
cooling
inflamation
leg cramps
muscle soreness
negativity
nervous system
self esteem
toxin release
click here =>HEALING ATTRIBUTES OF STONES (http://www.mythnlynx.com/HAS.html)

[saborami]

I should have asked Joel but got caught up in other things. Can't download the site.

i was told it was the cuban stone of positive energy but it was minutes before i had to leave and i was a mess so can't remember exactly. it was given to me on my birthday.

[Kubanita]

... fixed it ... :curtain:

[dongordo]

Hematite is metallic black or brownish red, up to the blood red for which it is named. Lateritic soil (Cuban soil) has a high hematite content giving it a rusty appearance and it is the main mineral in iron ore. Native americans used it for face paint etc.
Gem quality stuff is, of course, rare. As for the green colour, my old textbook says that much of the hematite in Cuba has been derived from the leaching of serpentine which is usually green. 'Olive' green suggests something else, however, and it might be worth checking with a gemologist or the like.

[saborami]

Hematite is metallic black or brownish red, up to the blood red for which it is named. Lateritic soil (Cuban soil) has a high hematite content giving it a rusty appearance and it is the main mineral in iron ore. Native americans used it for face paint etc.
Gem quality stuff is, of course, rare. As for the green colour, my old textbook says that much of the hematite in Cuba has been derived from the leaching of serpentine which is usually green. 'Olive' green suggests something else, however, and it might be worth checking with a gemologist or the like.


very cool, thanks for helping me out. I will check with a gemologist.