v50 Steam/Premium information for editors
  • v50 information can now be added to pages in the main namespace. v0.47 information can still be found in the DF2014 namespace. See here for more details on the new versioning policy.
  • Use this page to report any issues related to the migration.
This notice may be cached—the current version can be found here.

Magnetite

From Dwarf Fortress Wiki
Revision as of 10:05, 25 December 2022 by Kyler Ace (talk | contribs) (fully updated for v50)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Magnetite
MagnetiteSample.png
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
* = = = ~ ~ ~
* * = = = ~ ~
* * * * = = ~
* * * * * * =
Uses

Location

Properties
Fire-safe Magma-safe

Wikipedia article

v50.12 · v0.47.05
This article is about the current version of DF.
Note that some content may still need to be updated.
!!UNKNOWN!!  · xTATTEREDx  · +FINE+  · *SUPERIOR*  · ≡EXCEPTIONAL≡  · ☼MASTERWORK☼

Magnetite is an ore of iron. It appears as large, oval-shaped clusters inside sedimentary layers and small clusters in metamorphic layers and igneous layers. A magnetite cluster may sometimes contain veins of native platinum, which can continue outside of the cluster itself.

In terms of metalsmithing, magnetite is identical to hematite and limonite. However, magnetite is distinguished by the extreme size of each deposit compared to the other iron ores, for sedimentary clusters anyways. While a vein might hold 100 tiles of ore, a cluster can contain around 750.

In the real world

Magnetite is the most magnetic of all the naturally occurring minerals. It is often found in the form of black sand.

Magnetite.
V · T · E
Sedimentary
Igneous
Intrusive
Extrusive
Metamorphic
Ore
Economic
Other
Retrieved from "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=Magnetite&oldid=279753"