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Definition of Tantalite

1. Noun. A mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum.

Definition of Tantalite

1. n. A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster. It is essentially a tantalate of iron.

Definition of Tantalite

1. Noun. (minerology) A dark-brown mineral that is an ore of tantalum and niobium, of the chemical formula (Fe, Mn) Ta₂O₆. ¹

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Definition of Tantalite

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Medical Definition of Tantalite

1. A heavy mineral of an iron-black colour and submetallic luster. It is essentially a tantalate of iron. Origin: Cf. F. Tantalite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Tantalite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"Cleavage in columbite-tantalite rather distinct parallel to a(100); ... Color of columbite-tantalite iron black to grayish or brownish black, opaque; ..."

2. Economic Mineralogy: A Practical Guide to the Study of Useful Minerals by Thomas Crook (1921)
"The only ore mineral of tantalum is tantalite (Fe, Mn)(Ta, Cb)2O,. Many other minerals contain tantalum, but they are either too rare or contain amounts too ..."

3. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1910)
"NIOBATES, TANTALATES, AND TUNGSTATES. I. COLUMBITE AND tantalite. ... tantalite occurs under similar conditions. Uses.—The material is used only in the ..."

4. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1904)
"NIOBATES, TANTALATES, AND TUNGSTATES. I. COLUMBITE AND tantalite. ... tantalite occurs under similar conditions. Uses.—The material is used only ..."

5. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1904)
"NIOBATES, TANTALATES, AND TUNGSTATES. I. COLUMBITE AND tantalite. ... tantalite occurs under similar conditions. Uses.—The material is used only in the ..."

6. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1910)
"VII. NIOBATES, TANTALATES, AND TUNGSTATES. I. COLUMBITE AND tantalite. ... tantalite occurs under similar conditions. Uses.—The material is used only in the ..."

7. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1856)
"99-07 tantalite containing Zirconia from Limoges. ... has analysed two specimens of tantalite from Limoges, one having a sp. gr. = 7-703, the other of 7-027 ..."

8. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1856)
"tantalite containing Zirconia from Limoges. ... has analysed two specimens of tantalite from Limoges, one having a sp. gr. = 7'703, the other of 7-027. ..."

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