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Making rocks into magnets

By Sid Perkins / September 28, 2012

Lodestone is the most magnetic and common type of natural magnet.Credit: Wikimedia/Ryan Somma

Lab experiments show one way that certain types of stones can morph into magnets

Posted in Chemistry, Earth | Tagged Charles Aubourg, claystone, crystals, Douglas Elmore, electrons, geology, getinvolved, lava, lodestone, magnet, magnetic field, magnetism, magnetite, mineral, nucleus, sedimentary rocks, topstories, University of Oklahoma, University of Pau and the Adour Countries