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Meaning of "columbite" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COLUMBITE

From columbium + -ite1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COLUMBITE

columbite  [kəˈlʌmbaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLUMBITE

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determiner
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Columbite is a noun.
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WHAT DOES COLUMBITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

columbite

Columbite

Columbite, also called niobite, niobite-tantalite and columbate, is a black mineral group that is an ore of niobium. It has a submetallic luster and a high density and is a niobate of iron and manganese. This mineral group was first found in Haddam, Connecticut, in the United States. It forms a series with the tantalum-dominant analogue ferrotantalite and one with the manganese-dominant analogue manganocolumbite. The iron-rich member of the columbite group is ferrocolumbite. Some tin and tungsten may be present in the mineral. Yttrocolumbite is the yttrium-rich columbite with the formula O4. It is a radioactive mineral found in Mozambique. Columbite has the same composition and crystal symmetry as tantalite. In fact, the two are often grouped together as a semi-singular mineral series called columbite-tantalite or coltan in many mineral guides. However, tantalite has a much greater specific gravity than columbite, more than 8.0 compared to columbite's 5.2. Columbite is also very similar to tapiolite.

Definition of columbite in the English dictionary

The definition of columbite in the dictionary is a black mineral consisting of a niobium oxide of iron and manganese in orthorhombic crystalline form: occurs in coarse granite, often with tantalite, and is an ore of niobium. Formula: 2O6 Also called: niobite.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLUMBITE


backbite
ˈbækˌbaɪt
bight
baɪt
bite
baɪt
brontobyte
ˈbrɒntəʊˌbaɪt
byte
baɪt
cenobite
ˈsiːnəʊˌbaɪt
coquimbite
kɒˈkɪmbaɪt
exabyte
ˈɛksəˌbaɪt
frostbite
ˈfrɒstˌbaɪt
gigabyte
ˈɡɪɡəˌbaɪt
kilobyte
ˈkɪləˌbaɪt
megabyte
ˈmɛɡəˌbaɪt
Moabite
ˈməʊəˌbaɪt
overbite
ˈəʊvəˌbaɪt
petabyte
ˈpɛtəˌbaɪt
snakebite
ˈsneɪkˌbaɪt
soundbite
ˈsaʊndbaɪt
terabyte
ˈtɛrəˌbaɪt
trilobite
ˈtraɪləˌbaɪt
underbite
ˈʌndəˌbaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLUMBITE

columbaria
columbarium
columbary
columbate
Columbia
Columbian
columbic
columbine
columbium
columbous
Columbus
Columbus Day
columel
columella
columella auris
columellae
columellar
column
column inch
column inches

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLUMBITE

albite
chalybite
coenobite
crossbite
epistilbite
fleabite
his bark is worse than his bite
insect bite
Jacobite
love bite
lovebite
mosquito bite
niobite
plumbite
rebite
Rechabite
sorbite
sound bite
stilbite
tax bite

Synonyms and antonyms of columbite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «columbite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLUMBITE

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Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

columbita
570 millions of speakers

English

columbite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Columbite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كولومبيت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

колумбита
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

columbita
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

columbite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

colombite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Columbite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Columbit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コロンバイト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

columbite
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Columbite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

columbite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொலம்பைற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Columbite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kolumbit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

columbite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

columbite
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

колумбіту
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

columbite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

columbite
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

columbite
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

columbite
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

columbite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of columbite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLUMBITE»

The term «columbite» is regularly used and occupies the 94.375 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLUMBITE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about columbite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLUMBITE»

Discover the use of columbite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to columbite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium
The Rayfield- Goma and Forum are the richest phases of the granite intrusion. Cassiterite and columbite are present in all the deposits, but the tin-to-niobium ratio is highly variable, from 1:10 to 0.5:1. The total reserves of niobium in Nigeria are ...
C. K. Gupta, A. K. Suri, 1993
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Bibliography and Index of Literature on Uranium and Thorium ...
Haddam Neck: autunite, columbite, gummite, microlite, torbernite, uraninite, uranophane: 968; microlite crystals in pegmatite: 934; microlite in pink beryl or albite “sparingly associated with other minerals"; columbite in small, Well-defined  ...
Margaret Cooper, 1958
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Field Guide to Rocks & Minerals of Southern Africa
Columbite is the collective name for a series of minerals, namely ferrocolumbite ( iron-rich), manganocolumbite (manganese- rich) and magnocolumbite ( magnesium-rich), which can be positively differenitated only with the help of sophisticated ...
Bruce Cairncross, 2004
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Mineral Deposits at the Beginning of the 21st Century
4 Nb-Ta BEARING MINERALS Columbite and tantalite form small subhedral to eu- hedral dark blade-like bodies up to 3mm in size. They are irregularly dispersed in muscovite, quartz and orthoclase. Growth zoning of patchy, regular and ...
A. Piestrzynski, 2001
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Second Report on a Cooperative Investigation of the ...
Columbite-tantalite occurs in isolated pods of quartz and plagioclase. (Hanley, Heinrich, and Page, 1950. ) Clear Creek County. — Grover mine (loc. 3). Columbite occurs in masses as large as 2 by 6 inches. ( Hanley, Heinrich, and Page, 1950 ...
Rollin E. Stevens, 1960
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Atlas of the Textural Patterns of Ore Minerals and ...
An attempt will be made to further examine the relationship of uraninite and columbite of the same occurrence (Hagendorf pegmatite). Fig. 581 shows uraninite growing on the columbite with the uraninite not having any extensions into the ...
Stylianos Augustithis, 1995
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Pegmatite investigations in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah 1942-1944
COLTXMBIUM AND TANTALUM PEGMATITES DISTRIBUTION The columbium and tantalum minerals most abundant in the pegmatites of Colorado and Wyoming are columbite-tantalite and microlite. Euxenite, samar- skite, betafite, and f ...
John Bernard Hanley, 1950
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
A few rare granites contain columbite, euxenite, fergusonite, or pyrochlore as accessory minerals to the extent that economic concentrations of these minerals may develop through the weathering of the rocks either in residual deposits or in  ...
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Issues in Geology and Mineralogy: 2011 Edition
The primary Nb-Ta oxide minerals show a sequence from columbite-(Fe) (zone I) through tantalite-(Fe) (zone II) to tantalite-(Mn) (zone III), but distinctly become columbite + wodginite in zone IV and, rarely, columbite in the zone V. Microscopic ...
‎2012
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A mineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden ...
Stanniferous columbite. Chesterfield, Goshen. In a loose stone in the foundation of a stone fence (at a little distance from the south end of the tourmaline ledge), in feldspar, beryl, and mica, 15 to 400 grains in size — 1,400 grains in all; sp.gr. 6.
Benjamin Kendall Emerson, 1896

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLUMBITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term columbite is used in the context of the following news items.
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Democratic Transition in the Congo
... they now fight over diamonds, copper, cobalt, cassiterite, columbite, uranium and other rare-earth minerals – however, nothing of substance ... «The Epoch Times, Jun 15»
2
Sierra Leone fights back thanks to strong mining industry
Coltan (short for columbite-tantalite) is a dull black ore, principally made up of niobium and tantalum. Niobium is used as an alloy in super-steel ... «EuropeanCEO, Jun 15»
3
Neglect of Solid Minerals - Why Nigeria Remains Poor
These include clay, columbite, ilmenite, mica, barytes, pyrite, galena, limestone, sodium chloride, ephalerite, silica sand, granites, tantalite, ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
4
Dangote, Six Others Set for Gold Mining, Other Minerals in Nigeria
The West African Polaris Investment Limited, which a Chinese firm, would mine tin and columbite in Nasarawa State and the Tongyi Allied and ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
5
Dangote, 6 others set for gold mining, other minerals in Nigeria
The West African Polaris Investment Limited, which a Chinese firm, would mine tin and columbite in Nasarawa State and the Tongyi Allied and ... «Premium Times, Jun 15»
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Dangote, 6 foreign firms raise funds to begin gold, coal mining
The West African Polaris Investment Ltd, a Chinese company, would mine tin and columbite in Nasarawa state and the Tongyi allied and ... «BusinessDay, Jun 15»
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Latest report on tantalum market segment forecasts up to 2019 …
Tantalum along with similar metals such as Neobium, can be found in minerals such as coltan, columbite and tantalite. - Advertisement -. «WhaTech, Jun 15»
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Beautiful and twisted: The story of Virunga National Park
A lot of attention has been given to coltan (columbite–tantalite) the component used in mobile phones, Playstations, it's the sexy thing, but there ... «Daily Maverick, Jun 15»
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DRC: Seven dead in landslide at illegal mine
It is not common knowledge that Columbite-tantalite —short for Coltan is found in every cell phones, laptops, pagers and other electronic ... «Fulton News, Jun 15»
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The most dangerous job in Africa
“A lot of attention has been given to coltan [columbite–tantalite], the component used in mobile phones and playstations. It's the sexy thing, but ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jun 15»

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