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So far as I can figure out, the difference is the alignment of poles and magnetic configuration.

In non-lodestone Magnetite, the poles are not aligned. You essentially have multiple natural magnets glopped together in a ferrous oxide matrix, or simply an ore with the chemical composition of FeO·Fe2O3. Magnetite is magnetic, but does not always create a natural magnetic field.

Lodestone has definite north and south poles, and is considered the most powerful of natural magnets.

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