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Loadstone
Loadstone Load"stone`, Lodestone Lode"stone, n. [Load, lode + stone.] (Min.) A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.
loadstone
Magnetite Mag"net*ite, n. (Min.) 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.

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- Lodestones are naturally magnetized pieces of the mineral magnetite. They are naturally occurring magnets, which can attract iron. The property of magnetism...
- Experimentis Demonstrata (in Latin). London: Peter Short. — (1893). On the Loadstone and Magnetic Bodies, and on That Great Magnet the Earth: A New Physiology...
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- long time, are attracted by a loadstone, yet not so strongly or from so great a distance as when not heated. A loadstone loses some of its virtue by too...
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