And bloodstone we know now was called heliotrope (although some people regard heliotrope and bloodstone as different stones). Because of this there is confusion as to the uses of hematite and bloodstone. Hematite was used for a very long time.

by Wolfsong

One of the questions I get asked most frequently is how to cleanse minerals. My first response is that I prefer the term “grounding stones” instead of cleansing. I say this because all we are trying to achieve is to return the stone’s energies to their original state and the best way to do that, in my opinion, is to ground the stone within its original energies thereby eliminating all unwanted residue which the stone will naturally do once allowed to regenerate. I realize both terms achieve the same …