Magnetite vs Galena - What's the difference?
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(mineralogy) A magnetic mineral, Fe]]3[[oxygen, O4, one of the primary ores of iron. It has also been called lodestone.
* 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 137:
(mineral) A mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead.
* 1939 November, Raymond B. Wailes, Chemical Engineering for Home Experimenters'', '' ,
* 1942 , G. F. Loughlin, A. H. Koschmann, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Magdalena Mining District, New Mexico , Geological Survey Professional Paper, Issue 200,
* 1953 , National Research Council (U.S.), Report of the Committee on the Measurement of Geologic Time ,
* 2008 , Sanghamitra Ghosh, Heavy Stable Isotope Investigations in Environmental Science and Archaeology ,
(medicine, obsolete) A remedy or antidose for poison; theriac.
As nouns the difference between magnetite and galena
is that magnetite is a magnetic mineral, Fe3O4, one of the primary ores of iron. It has also been called lodestone while galena is a mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead.As a proper noun Galena is
a place name for a number of United States towns and cities.magnetite
English
(wikipedia magnetite)Noun
(en noun)- Appropriately enough, the commonest of these, a simple iron oxide, is called magnetite .
galena
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(wikipedia galena)Noun
(en-noun)page 207,
- You can easily extract lead from galena , a natural mineral which has been used in crystal radio receivers.
page 98,
- The galena of the ore contains microscopic inclusions of various forms that become visible upon polished surfaces etched with hydrochloric or nitric acid.
page 132,
- These samples had higher Pb206 and Pb208 abundances than any other galenas yet examined.
page 77,
- Very little galena' has been reported (recovered mostly from burial mounds) in the Great Lakes region indicating that the mineral was not a major interregional exchange commodity during this period. However, numerous '''galenas''' have been recovered from the lower Mississippi Valley region and Florida indicating that ' galena was part of an important north-south exchange system (Walthall 1981).
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