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tantalite::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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The mineral concentrates dominated by tantalum are referred to as tantalite.
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Of these, Moroto has gold, silver, copper, iron, titanium, manganese, niobium, tantalite and chrome.
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Tantalite is black to brown in both color and streak.
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Tantalite is also very close to tapiolite.
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Kigali and Kampala are crawling with diamond dealers and others looking for Congo's rare minerals, such as tantalite and niobium.
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Those minerals have same chemical composition, but different crystal symmetry orthorhombic for tantalite and tetragonal for tapiolite.
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Even the coltan computer chips in the latest Sony Play Station are made from columbite-tantalite, a mineral mined in the Congo.
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The country also is a source of gold, silver, tin, vanadium, semiprecious gemstones, tantalite, phosphate, sulfur, and salt.
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Columbite-tantalite minerals are most usually found as accessory minerals in pegmatite intrusions, and in alkaline intrusive rocks.
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- A mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum
- Tantalite, [(Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6], is a mineral group that is close to columbite. The two are often grouped together as a semi-singular mineral called columbite-tantalite in many mineral guides. However, tantalite has a much greater specific gravity than columbite (8.0+ compared to columbite's 5. ...
