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Webster 1913 Edition

Columbite

Co-lum′bite

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
colombite
. See
Columbium
.]
(Min.)
A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron; – first found in New England.

Webster 1828 Edition

Columbite

COLUMBITE

,
Noun.
[See Columbium.] The ore of columbium.

Definition 2024

Columbite

Columbite

See also: columbite

German

Noun

Columbite m

  1. plural of Columbit

columbite

columbite

See also: Columbite

English

Noun

columbite ‎(plural columbites)

  1. (mineralogy) A black mineral that is a mixed iron and manganese niobate and tantalate, and is the main ore of niobium and tantalum.

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