how are magnets discovered
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According to Pliny, the name magnet was derived from that of a shepherd named Magnes who first discovered magnetite on mount Ida while pasturing his flock, when pieces of magnetite clung to the metal nails in his shoes.
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The first magnets were not invented, but rather were found from a naturally occurring mineral called magnetite. Traditionally, the ancient Greeks were the discoverers of magnetite. There is a story about a shepherd named Magnes whose shoe nails stuck to a rock containing magnetite.
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