lodestone
Iron-attracting mineral stone
A lodestone is a naturally magnetized piece of iron ore that attracts metal.
Before manufactured magnets, lodestones were curiosities and navigational tools.
The word extends figuratively to anything that draws people or things powerfully: The city became a lodestone for artists and dreamers.
Pull toward something
- beaconGuiding light source
- guideLeader or instruction book
- drawCreate with pencil
- pullForce toward oneself
focal point · center · anchor · touchstone · lure · magnet · influence · pilgrimage
Magnetic iron ore
- magneticAttracting iron or attention
- ironElement twenty-six
- polesLong sticks or extremities
- attractionPull toward something
flux · field · ferromagnetism · compass · domains · dipole · force · permeability
Device showing cardinal directions
- bearingPosture or orientation
- directionWay something faces
- navigateGuide through terrain
- marinerOne who navigates ships
voyage · seafaring · cartography · wayfinding · sextant · astrolabe · charts · explorer
Metal-bearing rock
- geologyStudy of Earth's composition
- mineralogyScience of inorganic solids
- crystalOrdered-atom solid
- depositPlace for safekeeping
vein · rock · mining · extraction · formation · sedimentary · metamorphic · igneous
attraction
Pull toward something
pull · focal point · center · anchor · touchstone · lure · magnet · influence · pilgrimage · destination
magnetite
Magnetic iron ore
attraction · flux · field · ferromagnetism · compass · domains · dipole · force · permeability · induction
compass
Device showing cardinal directions
mariner · voyage · seafaring · cartography · wayfinding · sextant · astrolabe · charts · explorer · sailing
ore
Metal-bearing rock
- geologyStudy of Earth's composition
- mineralogyScience of inorganic solids
- crystalOrdered-atom solid
deposit · vein · rock · mining · extraction · formation · sedimentary · metamorphic · igneous · outcrop
- ironiron ore, iron bar, pig iron, cast iron, sheet iron
- magnetsmagnet, magnets, bar magnet, fridge magnet, bar magnets
- magnetismmagnet, magnetic field, magnetic fields, magnetic poles, ferromagnetism
- Hoodoohoodoo, rootwork, root doctor, conjure, mojo bag
- iron mineralshematite, magnetite, limonite, siderite, ferrite
- magnetic materialsiron, nickel, cobalt, magnetite, alnico