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    Magnetite is a mineral and one of the main iron ores, with the chemical formula Fe2+Fe3+2O4. It is one of the oxides of iron, and is ferrimagnetic; it...
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    or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the form of magnetite (Fe 3O 4, 72.4% Fe), hematite (Fe 2O 3, 69.9% Fe), goethite (FeO(OH),...
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    Lodestones are naturally magnetized pieces of the mineral magnetite. They are naturally occurring magnets, which can attract iron. The property of magnetism...
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    chemical compound with formula Fe3O4. It occurs in nature as the mineral magnetite. It is one of a number of iron oxides, the others being iron(II) oxide...
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    a lipid bilayer membrane. Each magnetosome can often contain 15 to 20 magnetite crystals that form a chain which acts like a compass needle to orient...
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    is typically dark grey or blackish in color. It is composed mainly of magnetite, Fe3O4, and also contains small amounts of titanium, silica, manganese...
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    commonly present as magnetite, iron silicates, and iron-bearing carbonates, and locally martite (hematite) formed by oxidation of magnetite. Horizons containing...
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  • Centrex Metals Limited is an Australian resources exploration and mining company. Founded in 2001, Centrex Metals was listed on the Australian Securities...
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    twinning, which forms the lattice pattern. Magnetite (Fe3O4) forms black, equilateral triangles. The magnetite that has no alteration is black with a metallic...
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    wüstite, magnetite, and hematite. Oxides of FeII FeO: iron(II) oxide, wüstite Mixed oxides of FeII and FeIII Fe3O4: Iron(II,III) oxide, magnetite Fe4O5 Fe5O6...
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    (antigorite, lizardite, chrysotile), brucite, talc, Ni-Fe alloys, and magnetite. The mineral alteration is particularly important at the sea floor at...
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    high-purity magnetite (Fe3O4). The pulverized iron is oxidized to give magnetite or wüstite (FeO, ferrous oxide) particles of a specific size. The magnetite (or...
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    Earth's crust. MH: magnetite-hematite: 4 Fe3O4 + O2 ⇌ 6 Fe2O3 NiNiO: nickel-nickel oxide: 2 Ni + O2 ⇌ 2 NiO FMQ: fayalite-magnetite-quartz: 3 Fe2SiO4 +...
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    of hematite. Another example is hematite Fe3+ 2O 3 on magnetite Fe2+ Fe3+ 2O 4. The magnetite structure is based on close-packed oxygen anions stacked...
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    hematite, with Fe3+ state, or in somewhat less oxidizing environments, magnetite, with a mixture of Fe3+ and Fe2+. Wüstite, in geochemistry, defines a...
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    as magnetite (Fe3O4) and is also ferrimagnetic. It is sometimes spelled as "maghaemite". Maghemite can be considered as an Fe(II)-deficient magnetite with...
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  • Gabbro Crest, Sheriff Cliffs, Fierle Peak, Dyrdal Peak, Mount Stephens, Magnetite Bluff, Mathis Spur, Burmester Dome and Huie Cliffs. Features in the snowfield...
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    to the spinel group of minerals, as does magnetite, Fe3O4. Ulvöspinel forms as solid solutions with magnetite at high temperatures and reducing conditions...
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  • alga stores magnetite in a similar way that already discovered magnetotactic bacteria do. It has been shown that the cells contain magnetite particles aligned...
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  • Verwey transition is a low-temperature phase transition in the mineral magnetite associated with changes in its magnetic, electrical, and thermal properties...
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  • occurs in a wide range of minerals including arsenopyrite, pyrite and magnetite. Cleavage (crystal) Fracture (geology) Mineral#Cleavage, parting, fracture...
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    Fe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4. It is also known as titaniferous magnetite, mogensenite, Ti-magnetite, or titanian magnetite. It is part of the spinel group of minerals....
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  • 2010. It was closed in 2014. IMX shifted its focus to the Mount Woods Magnetite Project. IMX owns and operates the highly prospective Nachingwea Regional...
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    Pieces of magnetite with natural permanent magnetization (lodestones) provided the earliest compasses for navigation. Particles of magnetite were extensively...
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    is one of the three principal iron ores, the others being hematite and magnetite, and has been mined for the production of iron since at least 400 BC....
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    wüstite), iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3, hematite), and iron(II,III) oxide (Fe3O4, magnetite). Mill scale is formed on the outer surfaces of plates, sheets or profiles...
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  • gradients that are smaller than one hundred tesla per meter. Monodisperse magnetite ( Fe 3 O 4 {\displaystyle {\ce {Fe3O4}}} ) and nanocrystals ( NCs {\displaystyle...
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    in a dark, fine to medium-grained matrix of magnetite, ilmenite, olivine, and hercynite spinel. Magnetite and ilmenite cumulates are also common in layered...
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    iron(II,III) oxide (Fe3O4), which also occurs naturally as the mineral magnetite. Iron(III) oxide is often called rust, since rust shares several properties...
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  • family also includes Magnetospirillum, which contains tiny chains of magnetite. These let it sense the Earth's magnetic field, which runs downwards as...
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