A roughly cubic piece of lodestone about an inch across, with sight rusting.

Small Lodestone

Item 307
In service Good - Normal Wear

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Used in demonstrations

Hand holding a dark, rough lodestone specimen with several paper clips clinging to it

Lodestone

Students see that magnetism occurs naturally in certain minerals. A lodestone (naturally magnetized magnetite, Fe₃O₄) picks up paper clips and has identifiable north and south poles, just like manufactured magnets.