tantalite
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| a heavy brownish mineral consisting of a tantalum oxide of iron and manganese in orthorhombic crystalline form: it occurs in coarse granite, often with columbite, and is an ore of tantalum. Formula: (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6 | |
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Tantalum occurs principally in the mineral columbite-tantalite.
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