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Roasting Redstone to make MAGNETS! (2016x91)

: 06, 2016

I don't do well on holiday. We have a family get together every few years in this secret location. I get fidgety. I started studying the local rocks and found some amazing minerals! This is an experiment to convert Feldspar into Lodestone with fire. Lodestone is the ancient name for magnetite that was exposed to huge magnetic fields from lightning strikes. It is a natural magnet. Edit: Positive ID of rocks is a fine art, and my instruments blunt. It would seem that this granite would be more mafic than felsic, but the lack of banding is anomolous. Either there are intrusions of irony minerals in the feldspar or this is gniess. Thoughts?