[Jewelry making - Article 00521] - Re: [Orchid] Magnetic Hematite Beads

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    Karen, Indeed, hemalyke is a synthetic hematite.  It is hematite that
    has been ground up and reconstituted with a binder...probably a
    resin...and subjected to high pressure.  In my opinion, it nearly
    impossible to tell the difference, except I believe there is a slight
    weight difference. 

    Others may correct me, but I do not believe hemalyke can be
    magnitized.  On the other hand, in nature, various forms of Hematite
    can be mildly magnetic but it can be made strongly magnetic through a
    heat treatment process.  I have a couple of hundred hematite
    necklaces of 6.5mm beads some of which are magnatized, some aren't. 

    Cheers from Don at The Charles Belle Studio in SOFL where simple
    elegance IS fine jewelry! dcdietz AT comcast.net


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