magnetite

See also: Magnetite and magnétite

English

Etymology

Magnetite

From magnet +‎ -ite, after German Magnetit.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡnətʌɪt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

magnetite (plural magnetites)

2. (mineralogy) A magnetic mineral, Fe₃O₄, one of the primary ores of iron.

   Synonym: lodestone (obsolete in this sense)

   Hypernym: iron ore

   Coordinate term: hematite

   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 137:

     Appropriately enough, the commonest of these, a simple iron oxide, is called magnetite.

4. Any instance of iron(II,III) oxide, regardless of whether it is a geologic mineral or a chemical result or product.

Derived terms

• biomagnetite
• magnetitic
• titanomagnetite

Translations

a mineral

• Catalan: magnetita f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 磁鐵礦 / 磁铁矿 (zh) (cítiěkuàng)

• Dutch: magnetiet (nl)
• Estonian: magnetiit
• Finnish: magnetiitti (fi)
• French: magnétite (fr) f
• German: Magnetit m
• Greek: μαγνητίτης (el) m (magnitítis)
• Italian: magnetite
• Māori: rinotō
• Persian: چنبک (fa) (čonbak)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} magnetit (sh)
• Spanish: magnetita (es) f
• Swedish: magnetit (sv) c, svartmalm

See also

• black oxide

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Magnetite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “magnetite”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.

Italian

Noun

magnetite f (plural magnetiti)

1. magnetite, loadstone

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