![]() ![]() It can help you feel confident and grounded and can even help you cope with difficult times.Ī hematite ring can help you ground yourself, release negative energy, and ground yourself. Hematite is also a good choice for people who need extra support during difficult times in their lives. It can help you stay grounded during times of change and protect you from being affected by negative energy. And if you come across these spam accounts, try to resist mocking them and just report the account.Hematite is a stone of protection and is an excellent choice for people who are sensitive to energy vampires. If I’ve inspired you to go get a sort-of-magnetic ring that will shatter if you high-five someone too hard, please try to find a store that doesn’t claim they are magic. This is, in the end, just a reminder that “crystals and magnets are magic” is still wide spread woo, and that even mocking these spam accounts help them getting clicks and purchases, which is why I didn’t link to either those or the stores. But whether or not hematite is magnetic and whether the magnetic versions of these rings are actually magnetite or a mix of iron minerals seem like an irrelevant quibble. The more sciency links I could find state that hematite is weakly paramagnetic and that you need magnetite if you want to stick your piece of rock to your refrigerator. I’m not even sure if hematite is magnetic. They were reusing images for magnetic bracelets, which at least are close to some more substantial blood vessels, but which are also pure woo. It’s also nonsense that their magnetic properties will fix what ails you by magnetically aligning your red blood cells, like some of the etsy shops I came across searching this stated. Two identical spam tweets promoting hematite rings. The two different online stores selling these trinkets do exist though, and they do state that hematite rings absorb negative energy and break when they absorb too much. Neither does the other lady who also posts this exact message over and over along with the same blend of puppy dogs, motivational religious posts and repeated not-very-hidden-promotions for other overpriced trinkets. Yeah, don’t feel sorry for the lady who posted this particular tweet and got made fun of, because she doesn’t exist. Also the original post was spam, so making fun of it helped it spread. A nicely polished crystal ring isn’t a shoddy product just because it is fragile, but marketing its fragility as a magical property is deceptive marketing. The joke was that it seems like a good strategy for promoting shoddy products, but I think that misses the point. ![]() This particular claim rose to my attention again last week when someone made fun of a tweet stating “ i got a hematite ring that absorbs bad energy and it broke in like 3 weeks“. My wife frequently states it’s very cute how I manage to be surprised at the continued prevalence of solidly debunked nonsense, but maybe I’m not alone and some of you need a refresher on this nonsense, and maybe there’s something new for you to learn too. If you’re a Skepchick reader you are very unlikely to think hematite rings are magic, and you’ve probably encountered the “magnetism/crystals cure everything”-woo before. ![]()
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