The first compass was invented using the .

iron

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lodestone

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The correct option is C lodestone
The first compass was invented around the year 400 B.C, around the time when lodestone was first discovered by Chinese people. Chinese people invented the compass using the lodestone, as it was the only magnetic material known at that time.

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