M: Magnetite

Aurelio Acevedo

Mineralogical and Geological Museum, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, United States

Magnetite, also called lodestone, is a strongly magnetic iron ore. The ‘spikes’ radiating off it are formed from smaller bits of iron aligning themselves along the magnetic field this rock emits.

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Title: M: Magnetite
Creator: Aurelio Acevedo
Location Created: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Mineralogical and Geological Museum, Harvard University

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