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What is a Lode stone?

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Lodestones are stones or bits of a magnetic rock called magnetite. So basically they behave like a compass. Before modern compasses were developed, the primitive traveller would have a lodestone on the end of a string, and one end would always point magnetic north. You can make your own lodestone by tying a bar magnet to a piece of string, that really is all there is to it.

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Lodestone can be found in many places such as Canada, Romania, Italy and the United States. It is only one of two minerals that are naturally magnetized.

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Lodestones were natural rocks, usually magnetite, which were used as an early form of compass. See the related link for more information.

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Lodestone is the magnetic form of magnetite. You see, most magnetite is only attracted to other magnets. Lodestone on the other hand, attracts other magnetic and nonmagnetic metals.

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11y ago

They are like magnets, just that they do not attract metal objects, but faeces

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Lodestone is the old name for the mineral magnetite which is the compound Fe3O4 which contains both ferrous and ferric ions.

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Found in Pennsylvania, Lancastar

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Lode Stone is a magnetic mineral.

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lodestone is located in hot countries

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