What is magnetic hematite?

How can it help the body to cure pain?
Is there any negative side effect with this?

Thanks...

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Hematite is an attractive, inexpensive semiprecious stone that, when polished, resembles a gray pearl. The magnetic material is made of Fe3O4, and should be called magnetite. Hematite is Fe2O3: so the "hematite" in magnetic jewelry is really not hematite, or could be a mixture of the two iron oxides.

The claims of health benefits have not been proven. There may be what is called a "placebo" effect with some people. Side effects are unlikely. The magnetic fields that produce are very low.

For more about it, see
http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Pain.Relief.Hematite.Jewelry.336-774-0199

There have been reports that Fe3O4 in birds provide them with compass-like signals that help them migrate.

http://www.scq.ubc.ca/the-compasses-of-birds/
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