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Magnetite vs Magnesioferrite - What's the difference?

magnetite | magnesioferrite |

In mineralogy terms the difference between magnetite and magnesioferrite

is that magnetite is a magnetic mineral, Fe3O4, one of the primary ores of iron. It has also been called lodestone while magnesioferrite is a magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.

magnetite

English

(wikipedia magnetite)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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:
    • Appropriately enough, the commonest of these, a simple iron oxide, is called magnetite .

    magnesioferrite

    English

    Noun

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  • (mineralogy) A magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.