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2. Hematite - Wikipedia

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   Hematite is often shaped into beads, tumbling stones, and other jewellery components. [26] Hematite was once used as mourning jewelry. [27] [7] Certain types of hematite- or iron-oxide-rich clay, especially Armenian bole, have been used in gilding. Hematite is also used in art such as in the creation of intaglio engraved gems.

3. Bian stones - Wikipedia

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   A classic book notes that bian-stone treatment originated in the east of China, but moxibustion came from the North, where people had to warm themselves by fire. [3] Known by three names - Needle Stone, Arrow-headed Stone, and Bian Stone - these stones were used in primitive society as a special medicinal tool. Excavations of New Stone Age ...

4. Hematine - Wikipedia

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   Hematine ring. 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.

5. These all-natural Body Stones are the chicest way to ... - AOL

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   Named for their shape, Kate McLeod's Body Stones fit perfectly in the palm of your hand and melt on contact with your skin. These all-natural Body Stones are the chicest way to moisturize your ...

6. Lapidary (text) - Wikipedia

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   A lapidary is a text in verse or prose, often a whole book, that describes the physical properties and metaphysical virtues of precious and semi-precious stones, that is to say, a work on gemology. [1] It was frequently used as a medical textbook, since it also includes practical information about the supposed medical application of each stone ...

7. Lodestone - Wikipedia

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   The ancient Indian medical text Sushruta Samhita describes using magnetic properties of the lodestone to remove arrows embedded in a person's body. [ citation needed ] The earliest Chinese literary reference to magnetism occurs in the 4th-century BC Book of the Devil Valley Master ( Guiguzi ). [ 15 ]

8. Common thyroid drug levothyroxine linked to bone mass loss - AOL

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   A recent abstract presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America suggested that levothyroxine use in people with typical hormone ranges could lead to lower bone mass ...

9. Heliotrope (mineral) - Wikipedia

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   The Gnostics wore the stone as an amulet for longevity, for wealth and courage, to strengthen the stomach, and to dispel melancholy. [6] In the Middle Ages it was considered useful for animal husbandry. [6] The ancient Greeks and Romans wore the stone to bring renown and favor, to bring endurance, and as a charm against the bite of venomous ...