They found a total of 500 cosmic dust grains, which
contain magnetic minerals.
Not exact matches
Ore
containing Li2O is fed into the processing plants which upgrade the lithium
mineral, using gravity, heavy media, flotation and
magnetic processes, into a range of lithium concentrates for bulk or bagged shipment.
Another navigational tool: birds» beaks, which
contain bits of magnetite, a
mineral that may allow them to sense Earth's
magnetic field.
Several
minerals containing iron, nickel, or cobalt are
magnetic.
Researchers have found that an iron -
containing mineral called dusty olivine, present in meteorites, retains a record of the
magnetic field from the early solar system around 4.6 billion years ago.