Locality
20°13´31" east longitude, 67°51´21" north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Kiruna, Sweden, Europa

Personal relationship of donor
Economic geology collection

Historical relevance of location
Magnetite ores are the best for making iron. The iron and steel industry in northwestern Europe was revolutionized by the discovery of such ores.

Classification of the earth

Structure	magnetite ore
Colour	grey
Age	Precambrian, more than 2000 million years
other	Magnetite is named after its magnetic properties, already known in ancient times, and the source at that time, the Greek Magnesia region.

Donor

Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
 Hannover,
 Germany