stibotantalite

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English

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Etymology

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From stibo- +‎ tantalite.

Noun

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stibotantalite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A form of tantalite in which tantalum is wholly or partially replaced by antimony
    • 1960, Scientific Papers of the College of Arts and Sciences:
      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 […]
    • 1975, Alan Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of World Records, page 178:
      The densest of all gem minerals is stibotantalite […]
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