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COLUMBITE-TANTALITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips
Synonyms:
coltan; columbite-tantalite
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("columbite-tantalite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
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