MEASURING THE TOTAL MAGNETIC MOMENT OF A SAMPLE IN A SATURATING MAGNETIC FIELD IS A QUICK ACCURATE AND RELIABLE METHOD OF MEASURING THE MAGNETIC MATERIAL CONTENT OF THE SAMPLE. IT IS MUCH FASTER THAN CHEMICAL METHODS AND FAR MORE ACCURATE THAN MEASUREMENT BASED ON THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE MATERIAL. THE PRINCIPLE BEHIND THE MEASURING IS TO MEASURE THE FORCE ACTING ON THE SAMPLE IN A MAGNETIC FIELD WITH A SPATIAL GRADIENT. THE MAGNETIC FIELD IS STRONG ENOUGH TO SATURATE THE MAGNETIC COMPONENT IN THE SAMPLE[1].ACCURATE ANALYSIS OF FERROMAGNETIC COMPOUNDS OF IRON (ESPECIALLY IN IRON ORE), SUCH AS MAGNETITE, IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND TIME-CONSUMING BY CHEMICAL METHODS. THESE DIFFICULTIES CAN BE OVERCOME BY UTILIZING THE MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF THE MATERIAL. THE DESIGN AND PRINCIPLE OF THE OPERATION METHOD ASSURE A HIGH DEGREE OF PRECISION, COMBINED WITH A MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE THAT IS QUICK AND SIMPLE.THE OPERATION OF THE MEASURING IS BASED ON MEASUREMENT OF THE MAGNETIC MOMENT AFTER THE MAGNETIC COMPONENT IN THE SAMPLE HAS BEEN MAGNETIZED FOR SATURATION[2]. THE TOTAL MAGNETIC MOMENT IS: M=V. MSAT V=VOLUME OF THE MAGNETIC COMPONENT IN THE SAMPLE MSAT=SATURATION MAGNETIZATION OF THE MAGNETIC COMPONENT IN THE METHOD, THE MAGNETIC MOMENT IS DETERMINED BY MEASURING THE FORCE ACTING ON THE SAMPLE IN A NON-HOMOGENEOUS MAGNETIC FIELD (A FIELD HAVING A VERTICAL GRADIENT OF (DH/DZ) AND COMPARING IT WITH THE GRAVITATIONAL FORCE ACTING ON THE SAMPLE).THE RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATION FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THREE TO FIVE REPLICATE MEASUREMENTS OF SAMPLE CONTAINING 0.292, 0.302, 0.440 AND 0.598 FEO% WERE 0.87, 0.81, 1.8 AND 0.62 RESPECTIVELY.OUR STUDIES SHOWED THAT THE NEW MAGNETIC METHOD IS CAPABLE TO ANALYSIS OF FEO IN IRON ORE SAMPLE WITHOUT NEED TO DISSOLVE THE SAMPLE. THE NEW METHOD IS FAST, LOW COST, PRECISE, ACCURATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY.