loadstone is the natural form of magnets.
No, loadstone cannot float as it is a type of magnetic rock composed primarily of magnetite, which is heavy and dense. When placed in water, loadstone will sink due to its weight.
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The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, Fe3O4) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely suspended, of pointing to the poles; -- called also natural magnet., A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar properties of the loadstone have been imparted; -- called, in distinction from the loadstone, an artificial magnet.
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The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, Fe3O4) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely suspended, of pointing to the poles; -- called also natural magnet., A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar properties of the loadstone have been imparted; -- called, in distinction from the loadstone, an artificial magnet.
The Ancient Greeks, Or just Greeks. They tied Loadstone to a String.
A lodestone, or loadstone, is a naturally magnetized piece of the mineral magnetite.
Lodestone was discovered in the Greek island of MAGNESIA! This was the beginning of Lodestone and the compass.