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COLUMBITE-TANTALITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does columbite-tantalite mean?
• COLUMBITE-TANTALITE (noun)
The noun COLUMBITE-TANTALITE has 1 sense:
1. a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips
Familiarity information: COLUMBITE-TANTALITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
coltan; columbite-tantalite
Hypernyms ("columbite-tantalite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
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