- 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 (short for columbite–
tantalites and
known industrially as
tantalite) is a dull
black metallic ore from
which the
elements niobium and
tantalum are...
-
together with the
chemically similar niobium,
mainly in the
mineral groups tantalite,
columbite and coltan. The
chemical inertness and very high
melting point...
- Columbite, also
called niobite, niobite-
tantalite and columbate, with a
general chemical formula of (FeII,MnII)Nb2O6, is a
black mineral group that is...
- tremolite/actinolite)
Niobite (synonym of columbite) Niobite-
tantalite (synonym of columbite-
tantalite)
Okenite Oldhamite Olgite Olivenite Olivine (a
group of...
- columbite–
tantalite (or coltan, (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6). Columbite–
tantalite minerals (the most
common species being columbite-(Fe) and
tantalite-(Fe), where...
- wide
array of
under exploited mineral resources include coal, bauxite,
tantalite, gold, tin, iron ore, limestone, niobium, lead and zinc. The country's...
- 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...
-
typically also rich in tin and titanium.
Ixiolite together with microlite,
tantalite, tapiolite,
wodginite are the most
important minerals mined for the element...
- conditions.
Minerals found in the FCT
include marble, tin, clay, mica, and
tantalite. The
hills of the FCT
provide home to many bushbuck,
forest Black duiker...
