[meteorite-list] Word for "attracted by magnets"
Matson, Robert
ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com
Tue Jul 18 20:04:30 EDT 2006
Hi Göran,
> Paramagnetic? Are you sure you don't mean ferromagnetic?
I guess I was fumbling for a word other than "magnetic" -- a
word that has a different meaning for most people. In the
meteorite community, we all know what is meant when someone
says a meteorite is "magnetic"; perhaps ferromagnetic is the
correct word. What I was looking for was the term that most
closely means "attracted by permanent magnets, but not (necessarily)
attracted to lumps of iron that are not permanent magnets."
--Rob
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