magnetite
a very common black iron oxide mineral, Fe3O4, that is strongly attracted by magnets: an important iron ore.
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Those shifts show whether the rocks contain minerals like magnetite, and radiometric data measures substances like uranium, thorium, and potassium.
The US government is hunting for rare metals out West. That doesn’t fly with some locals. | Sarah Scoles/Undark | November 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn the more basic phases anhedrons of augite and of olivine appear, and magnetite grains are usually present.
Mount Rainier | Variousmagnetite or magnetic iron ore, specular iron, and limonite are also oxides of iron.
Geology | James GeikieSerpentine often contains it, when it is apt to resemble a fine-grained magnetite.
The A B C of Mining | Charles A. BrambleIt chiefly occurs as oxide, as in magnetite, hæmatite, and in the brown iron ores and ochres.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
Deposits of iron ore accumulated in the several ways referred to above may be metamorphosed and changed to hematite and magnetite.
North America | Israel C. Russell
British Dictionary definitions for magnetite
/ (ˈmæɡnɪˌtaɪt) /
a black magnetic mineral, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and as a separate deposit. It is a source of iron. Composition: iron oxide. Formula: Fe 3 O 4 . Crystal structure: cubic
Derived forms of magnetite
- magnetitic (ˌmæɡnɪˈtɪtɪk), adjective
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Scientific definitions for magnetite
[ măg′nĭ-tīt′ ]
A brown to black mineral that is strongly magnetic. It crystallizes in the cubic system and commonly occurs as small octahedrons. Magnetite occurs in many different types of rock and is an important source of iron. Chemical formula: Fe3O4.
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