Hematine

Hematine (also magnetic hematite, hemalyke or hemalike) is an artificial magnetic material.^[1] Hematine is widely used in jewelry.^{[citation needed]}

Although it is claimed by many that it is made from ground hematite or iron oxide mixed with a resin, analysis (of one object) has demonstrated it to be an entirely artificial compound, a barium-strontium ferrite ((Ba,Sr)Fe12O19).^[2]

References

^ Anderson, Basil William; Jobbins, E. Alan (1990). Gem Testing. Butterworths. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-408-02320-7.
^ Magnetic Hematite on Mindat.org

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[1] Anderson, Basil William; Jobbins, E. Alan (1990). Gem Testing. Butterworths. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-408-02320-7.

[2] Magnetic Hematite on Mindat.org

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