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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here
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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 403355" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>Hematite and pyrite are not magnetic - maghemite, magnetite and pyrrhotite are. Magnetite is very strongly magnetic and would be my guess. I agree with Phil re the second one - probably cassiterite, some showing classic twins. Very nice!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 403355, member: 4386"] Hematite and pyrite are not magnetic - maghemite, magnetite and pyrrhotite are. Magnetite is very strongly magnetic and would be my guess. I agree with Phil re the second one - probably cassiterite, some showing classic twins. Very nice! [/QUOTE]
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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here
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