Magnetite
- Object Name:
- Magnetite
- Object ID:
- 2009.018
- Place of Origin:
- Jackson, NH
- Date:
- 1840-1875
- Description:
- Piece of iron ore (magnetite) from abandoned iron mine on south side of Iron Mountain in Jackson, NH. Two roughly parallel faces (top and bottom), both with a layer of orange-brown iron oxide on surface. Other sides have some corrosion, but also show the black color and metallic luster of the magnetite. One side has a small area of quartz crystals colored brown by iron.
- Material:
- Stone
Magnetite - Dimensions:
- H-3 W-6.5 D-4 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by donor from pile of waste rock at abandoned iron mine on south side of Iron Mountain in Jackson, NH, 05/31/2009. The mine was worked by the Jackson Iron Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1836, until the 1870s.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Douglas Copeley
- Subjects:
- Iron mining, Abandoned mines
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