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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loadstone \Load"stone`\, Lodestone \Lode"stone\, n. [Load, lode
+ stone.] (Min.)
A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a
magnetic needle. See {Magnetite}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Magnetite \Mag"net*ite\, n. (Min.)
An oxide of iron ({Fe3O4}) occurring in isometric crystals,
also massive, of a black color and metallic luster. It is
readily attracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses
polarity, being then called {loadstone}. It is an important
iron ore. Called also {magnetic iron}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
loadstone
n 1: magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract
as well as to be attracted magnetically [syn: {lodestone}]
2: magnetite that has polarity [syn: {lodestone}]
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