CLASSIFICATION OF MINERALS ON

THE MAGNETIC PROPERTIES

By Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

Classification of minerals on the magnetic properties:

Strongly magnetic minerals: franklinite, maghemite, magnetite, pyrrhotite
(monoclinic), titanomagnetite

Medium magnetic minerals: aeschynite, amphibole (dark-colored), biotite,

chromite, columbite, epidote, ferberite, fergusonite, garnet (dark-colored),
hematite, ilmenite, limonite, psilomelane, pyrolusite, pyroxene (dark-colored),
samarskite, spinel, tourmaline (dark-colored), wolframite
Weakly magnetic minerals: allanite, amphibole (light-colored), brannerite,
gadolinite, garnet (light-colored), goethite, ironstone, marmatite, monazite,
pyrochlore, pyroxene (light-colored), pyrrhotite (hexagonal), siderite, specularite,
spinel (light-colored), sphene, staurolite, tourmaline (light-colored), xenotime
Non-magnetic minerals: aegerine, ahroit, anatase, andalusite, apatite,
arsenopyrite, axinite, azurite, baddeleyite, barite, benitoite, beryl, bismuthinite,
blende, braunite, brookite, calcite, cassiterite, cerussite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite,
chrysoberyl, cinnabar, clinozoisite, cobaltite, corundum, diamond, dolomite,
euclase, feldspar, fluorite, glauconite, galena, garnet, hausmannite, hessite,
hornblende, kyanite, malachite, manganite, manganocalcite, molybdenite,
monazite, muscovite, orpiment, osmiridium, palladium, perovskite, phenacite,
platinum, psilomelane, pyrite, pyrolusite, pyroxene (colorless), quartz, raspite,
rhodochrosite, realgar, rutile, scheelite, siderite, sillimanite, smithsonite, spinel,
spodumene, staurolite, stibnite, talc, topaz, thorianite, thorite, tourmaline,
tremolite, vanadinite, vesuvianite, vernadite, wolframite, wulfenite, zircon, zoisite
Diamagnetic minerals: copper, gold, lead, silver, tin, zinc
Types of magnetic order:

Diamagnetism
Paramagnetism
Ferromagnetism
Ferrimagnetism
Antiferromagnetism

References
1. Web Resource CONCENTRATION OF MINERALS
https://sites.google.com/site/concentrationofminerals/home

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya,

February 7, 2016
nataliapetrovsky@gmail.com