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What is the greek word of lodestone?
Hystlii
What is an object that attracts iron and steel?
A magnet or lodestone will do that.
In which direction would a floating magnet move?
It would align itself with the magnetic North and South poles of the Earth.
What are minerals of north America?
The continent of North America has many resources hidden beneath its crust. Some of the mineral resources of North America are; iron ore, nickel, copper, lead and zinc.
Is corundum a mineral or a rock?
It is a Mineral
What is the meaning of lodestone?
A lodestone, or loadstone, is a naturally magnetized piece of the mineral magnetite.
A mineral with iron oxide and lodestone?
magnetite
What mineral is a magnet?
Lodestone, a variety of the mineral magnetite, displays strong magnetism. Some other minerals are weakly magnetic, or display magnetism when heated.
What is a mineral that is magnetic?
Magnetite, an iron oxide mineral is magnetic. It is also called 'lodestone'.
What is a crude compass?
In the 12th century some guy fond a mineral called lodestone and found it pointed too the north star so it faced north, so people used this mineral to create the crude compass and put it into the sea to find north.
Can a lodestone rock float?
No, lodestone, which is a form of the mineral magnetite, is denser than water so will not float. Its specific gravity is about 5.17.
How might you identify whether a mineral might be lodestone?
sniffing butts.XD
What was the Lodestone Compass?
Magnetite is a mineral that is naturally magnetized. Sometimes called 'lodestone'. Magnetite is hard, shiny, black, and is often used in jewellery.
How might you identify whether a mineral sample might be lodestone?
sniffing butts.XD
What mineral is in a rock that's magnetic?
Many minerals have magnetic properties. Lodestone, for instance, is composed mostly of the mineral magnetite.
What are the lodestone properties?
They are natural magnets. The term is used sometimes to indicated that some thing draws a person to it.
What mineral attracts a magnet?
Hematite Magnetite Lodestone Franklinite Chromite Ilmenite Pyrrhotite
