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Currently, it says "Lodestone is one of only two minerals that is found naturally magnetized; the other, pyrrhotite, is only weakly magnetic" however, this is not true. There is at least one more mineral, ilmenite, which is also weakly magnetic and found naturally magnetized. There may be others, too, but ilmenite is for sure on that list. AmeekoAnn ( talk) 03:59, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
There are several notable literary references to loadstones--for example, the loadstone from the Arabian Nights. I believe this was mentioned in the tale "The Dervish Abounader." I think mentioning these literary references would further develop the article. -- Jp07 ( talk) 01:49, 30 October 2008 (UTC) ==
To-morrow, by the end of the day,we shall come to a mountain of black stone,called loadstone, for thither the currentsbear us perforce. As soon as we comewithin a certain distance, all the nails in theships will fly out and fasten to the moun-tain, and the ships will open and fall topieces, for that God the Most High hasgifted the loadstone with a secret virtue, byreason whereof all iron is attracted to it;and on this mountain is much iron, howmuch God only knows, from the manyships that have been wrecked there fromold time. On its summit there stands adome of brass, raised on ten columns andon the top of the dome are a horse andhorseman of the same metal.
To-morrow, by the end of the day, we shall come to a mountain of black stone, called loadstone, for thither the currents bear us perforce. As soon as we come within a certain distance, all the nails in the ships will fly out and fasten to the mountain, and the ships will open and fall to pieces, for that God the Most High has gifted the loadstone with a secret virtue, by reason whereof all iron is attracted to it; and on this mountain is much iron, how much God only knows, from the many ships that have been wrecked there from old time. On its summit there stands a dome of brass, raised on ten columns and on the top of the dome are a horse and horseman of the same metal.
In its present state, the article says that lodestone is magnetite, but that is not really true. Magnetite is common, loadstone is rare (it is iron oxides magnetized by lightning). I will do some work in this article soon. / Pieter Kuiper ( talk) 16:51, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
I reverted an edit of the lead. For example it is not correct to say that it was discovered early on that freely suspended lodestones turn to the north. It was eons after the discovery of magnetic stones that the earth's magnetic field was discovered, and after that it took a long time to find out about the dip angle. / Pieter Kuiper ( talk) 21:09, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
"Only magnetite with a particular crystalline structure," is too vague. Please make reference to the Actual crystalline structure, such as "orthorhombic", "rhombohedral", "cubic", etc.. -- Shanjaq TALK 13:19, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
An editor has been repeatedly adding this ungrammatical, misspelled piece of popular culture trivia to the History section
My feeling is that this is simply not notable enough to include. Every stray noun used for part of a video game does not merit a mention in a WP article. If it is included, it certainly does not belong in the History section but should go in a Popular culture section. Anyone else have an opinion? -- Chetvorno TALK 05:01, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
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In planet Earth's beginning (that is, a long time ago) there was only one magnetic stone separate but laying on the planet and the planet itself was also magnetic at that stage and the stone was stolen just as it was also that later on in time the first Apple tree was cut down illegally. To provide proof of that would require reverse time travel for you to see the thief which is not easy to do. That "not easily provable" case is why I intend to post this true and correct information to the talk page and not the main article page because it would most likely from previous experience be edited and because I would like it to lay there for researchers who can apply reverse logic to their current daily situation and experiences to realise that the previous one stone plus planet Earth statement is true and correct.
For those of you maybe finding that hard to comprehend then maybe yourself imagining a single rock flying through space (planet Earth) receiving its first crack (Planet earth plus one stone) might make it easier for you.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathanhaswon ( talk • contribs) 02:05, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
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Currently, it says "Lodestone is one of only two minerals that is found naturally magnetized; the other, pyrrhotite, is only weakly magnetic" however, this is not true. There is at least one more mineral, ilmenite, which is also weakly magnetic and found naturally magnetized. There may be others, too, but ilmenite is for sure on that list. AmeekoAnn ( talk) 03:59, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
There are several notable literary references to loadstones--for example, the loadstone from the Arabian Nights. I believe this was mentioned in the tale "The Dervish Abounader." I think mentioning these literary references would further develop the article. -- Jp07 ( talk) 01:49, 30 October 2008 (UTC) ==
To-morrow, by the end of the day,we shall come to a mountain of black stone,called loadstone, for thither the currentsbear us perforce. As soon as we comewithin a certain distance, all the nails in theships will fly out and fasten to the moun-tain, and the ships will open and fall topieces, for that God the Most High hasgifted the loadstone with a secret virtue, byreason whereof all iron is attracted to it;and on this mountain is much iron, howmuch God only knows, from the manyships that have been wrecked there fromold time. On its summit there stands adome of brass, raised on ten columns andon the top of the dome are a horse andhorseman of the same metal.
To-morrow, by the end of the day, we shall come to a mountain of black stone, called loadstone, for thither the currents bear us perforce. As soon as we come within a certain distance, all the nails in the ships will fly out and fasten to the mountain, and the ships will open and fall to pieces, for that God the Most High has gifted the loadstone with a secret virtue, by reason whereof all iron is attracted to it; and on this mountain is much iron, how much God only knows, from the many ships that have been wrecked there from old time. On its summit there stands a dome of brass, raised on ten columns and on the top of the dome are a horse and horseman of the same metal.
In its present state, the article says that lodestone is magnetite, but that is not really true. Magnetite is common, loadstone is rare (it is iron oxides magnetized by lightning). I will do some work in this article soon. / Pieter Kuiper ( talk) 16:51, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
I reverted an edit of the lead. For example it is not correct to say that it was discovered early on that freely suspended lodestones turn to the north. It was eons after the discovery of magnetic stones that the earth's magnetic field was discovered, and after that it took a long time to find out about the dip angle. / Pieter Kuiper ( talk) 21:09, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
"Only magnetite with a particular crystalline structure," is too vague. Please make reference to the Actual crystalline structure, such as "orthorhombic", "rhombohedral", "cubic", etc.. -- Shanjaq TALK 13:19, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
An editor has been repeatedly adding this ungrammatical, misspelled piece of popular culture trivia to the History section
My feeling is that this is simply not notable enough to include. Every stray noun used for part of a video game does not merit a mention in a WP article. If it is included, it certainly does not belong in the History section but should go in a Popular culture section. Anyone else have an opinion? -- Chetvorno TALK 05:01, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
References
In planet Earth's beginning (that is, a long time ago) there was only one magnetic stone separate but laying on the planet and the planet itself was also magnetic at that stage and the stone was stolen just as it was also that later on in time the first Apple tree was cut down illegally. To provide proof of that would require reverse time travel for you to see the thief which is not easy to do. That "not easily provable" case is why I intend to post this true and correct information to the talk page and not the main article page because it would most likely from previous experience be edited and because I would like it to lay there for researchers who can apply reverse logic to their current daily situation and experiences to realise that the previous one stone plus planet Earth statement is true and correct.
For those of you maybe finding that hard to comprehend then maybe yourself imagining a single rock flying through space (planet Earth) receiving its first crack (Planet earth plus one stone) might make it easier for you.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathanhaswon ( talk • contribs) 02:05, 30 November 2016 (UTC)