stibotantalite

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noun

A form of tantalite in which tantalum is wholly or partially replaced by antimony

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Meanings

nounstibotantalite (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA form of tantalite in which tantalum is wholly or partially replaced by antimony

    The densest of all gem minerals is stibotantalite […]

    1975, Alan Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of World Records, page 178
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    Columbite from Topsham, Maine, and tantalite from Grizzly Bear Gulch, Black Hills, S. D. were used for the experiment. Also other insoluble columbite-tantalites such as yttrotantalite, bismuthotantalite, stibotantalite, etc. will be decomposed […]

    1960, Scientific Papers of the College of Arts and Sciences

Origin

From stibo- + tantalite.

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