Lodestone Specimens

Lodestone Specimens

Lodestone Specimens - a naturally occurring magnetic type of the mineral Magnetite. Honestly, I'd think the names would be the other way round, but what do I know.

These pieces are available in a few different sizes. They do not show any crystalline form and should be considered fragments or rounded fragments.

While these are magnetised, they don't compare to neodymium magnets - they do, however, attract Iron filings quite readily. In some cases, they have very limited magnetism - in addition to this, the magnetised area of the specimen may be quite small, and is rarely the full surface of the specimen.

They're an interesting little specimen but I don't think they'll be the pride of anyone's collection - prove me wrong?

I now sell these with a grading system - they are graded on their reaction to small iron filings. A grade pieces have either one area of strong magneticity, or are overall reasonably magnetic. B grade pieces are typically magnetic in only one area.