HOW I MADE THIS MODEL I had a lot of trouble locating a piece of magnetite large enough to make a spoon. I also learned from people who worked with stone that magnetite is extremely difficult to work.

With “hematite” iron ore discoveries slowing to a trickle, billionaires and others are turning to the once-maligned poor cousin of the iron ore industry “magnetite” that comes with almost biblical ...

Even though it is plentiful, hematite isn't usually found on Earth on its own; rather it is generally found mixed together ...