Magnetite - Law Dictionary Search Results

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Loadstone

A piece of magnetite a magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle having the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically See Magnetite...

An oxide of iron Fe3O4 occurring in isometric crystals also massive of a black color and metallic luster It is readily attracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses polarity being then called loadstone It is an important iron ore Called also magnetic iron...

Martite

Iron sesquioxide in isometric form probably a pseudomorph after magnetite...

Oligist

Hematite or specular iron ore prob so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism as compared with magnetite...

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