Magnetic Properties of Minerals

Composition Magnetic Order

T (C)

(Am /kg)

Magnetite

Fe O

ferrimagnetic

575-585

90-92

Ulvospinel

Fe TiO

AFM

-153

Hematite

Fe O

canted AFM

675

Ilmenite

FeTiO

AFM

-233

Maghemite

Fe O

ferrimagnetic

~600

~80

Jacobsite

MnFe O

ferrimagnetic

300

77

Trevorite

NiFe O

ferrimagnetic

585

51

Magnesioferrite

MgFe O

ferrimagnetic

440

21

Mineral

Oxides
3

0.4

Sulfides
Pyrrhotite

Fe S

ferrimagnetic

320

~20

Greigite

Fe S

ferrimagnetic

~333

~25

Troilite

FeS

AFM

305

Goethite

FeOOH

AFM, weak FM

~120

Lepidocrocite

FeOOH

AFM(?)

-196

Feroxyhyte

FeOOH

ferrimagnetic

~180

Iron

Fe

FM

770

Nickel

Ni

FM

358

55

Cobalt

Co

FM

1131

161

Awaruite

Ni Fe
3

FM

620

120

Wairauite

CoFe

FM

986

235

Oxyhydroxides
<1
<10

Metals & Alloys

FM = ferromagnetic order
AFM = antiferromagnetic order
T = Curie or Nel Temperature
= saturation magnetization at room-temperature
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