Genuine Magnetite

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Semitransparent

Lightfastness 8/8

Granulation: high

Watercolor based on pure magnetite ore powder. This color of natural ferrous powder offers a transparent black with an unusual lunar texture shaped marked granulation.

Magnetite is the mineral containing the highest percentage of iron and is the oldest known magnetic mineral: it was already known to the ancient Greeks and it takes its name from the greek city of Magnesia in Sipylum, near Mount Sipilo, where it was found in large quantities.