Magnetite | mineral | Britannica
Magnetite, also called lodestone, or magnetic iron ore, iron oxide mineral (FeFe 2O4, or Fe 3 O 4) that is the chief member of one of the series of the spinel ( ) group. Minerals in this series form black to brownish, metallic, moderately hard octahedrons and masses in igneous and metamorphic rocks and in granite pegmatites,...