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Definition of Columbite-tantalite
1. Noun. A valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Columbite-tantalite
Literary usage of Columbite-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. Technology Quarterly by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1890)
"The sulphides occur rarely, and then always in small quantities; quartz and
silicates form the gangue; columbite (tantalite), although sometimes found in ..."
3. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe: Being a (1858)
"This metal occurs as an acid in the mineral columbite (tantalite), and is very
similar to the two preceding metals. ..."
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