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Sailors could use a lodestone for navigating in sea travel. They discovered that when they suspended a piece of magnetite from a thread, the metal would point in a north-south direction.
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What property of magnetite made it useful to ancient sailors?
high magnetic power which enable it to use in compass
The magnetic iron oxide mineral is called?
magnetite magnetite magnetite magnetite magnetite magnetite magnetite magnetite
What are Magnetotactic bacteria?
-Use magnetite to orient to N/S poles -Have been around for a few Ga -Magnetite-like crystals found in ALH84001
What is the chemical compound for magnetite?
Magnetite is Fe3O4.
What is the diaphaneity of magnetite?
The diaphaneity of magnetite is opaque.
What is the luster magnetite?
Magnetite has a metallic luster.
What handy tool did sailors use to help them navigate?
What points did sailors use to navigate
Why do pirates use spyglasses?
The same what sailors use as telescopes. The words are the same (Within reason). Sailors are not pirates.
Where was magnetite found?
Magnetite was found on the mountain of Mount Ida.
What could you use a piece of magnetite for?
it means to get a life and leave people and go to hell
What the formula of magnetite?
The formula for magnetite is Fe3O4. Magnetite is a mineral found in nature in the form of iron oxides. This ore is a natural magnet.
Dose magnetite have more cleavage or fracture?
Magnetite has fracture not cleavage. ChaCha on!
