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    The mineral group tantalite [(Fe, Mn)Ta2O6] is the primary source of the chemical element tantalum, a corrosion (heat and acid) resistant metal. It is...
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    Coltan (redirect from Columbite-tantalite)
    Coltan (short for columbite–tantalites and known industrially as tantalite) is a dull black metallic ore from which the elements niobium and tantalum are...
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    together with the chemically similar niobium, mainly in the mineral groups tantalite, columbite and coltan. The chemical inertness and very high melting point...
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    Columbite (redirect from Niobite-tantalite)
    Columbite, also called niobite, niobite-tantalite and columbate, with a general chemical formula of (FeII,MnII)Nb2O6, is a black mineral group that is...
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  • Ferrocolumbite (synonym of columbite-(Fe)) Ferrotantalite (synonym of tantalite-(Fe)) Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite) Francolite (variety of fluorapatite)...
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    Nigeria in 2022. Columbite and tantalite are ores used to produce the elements niobium and tantalum. Columbite and tantalite are collectively known as coltan...
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    wide array of underexploited mineral resources include coal, bauxite, tantalite, gold, tin, iron ore, limestone, niobium, lead and zinc. Despite huge...
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    columbite–tantalite (or coltan, (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6). Columbite–tantalite minerals (the most common species being columbite-(Fe) and tantalite-(Fe), where...
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  • manganese(II) Tantalite, (FeII,MnII)Ta2O6, a tantalum(V) mineral group close to that of columbite Coltan, a mixture of columbite and tantalite series Galaxite...
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    Pearson 2013 About Time Jimmy Kincade 8 Minutes Idle Dan Thomas Columbite Tantalite Mark Short film 2014 I Am Soldier Sergeant / Trooper Mickey Tomlinson...
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