Usually means: Ore containing tantalum and niobium.
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▸ noun:  (mineralogy) A metallic ore, (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)₂O₆, from which the elements niobium and tantalum are extracted.

Similar:
columbite, tantalite, ferrocolumbite, manganotantalite, ferrotantalite, tantite, calciotantite, tantalcarbide, bismutotantalite, manganocolumbite, more...

Opposite:
tantalum

Phrases:
Coltan mining and ethics, more...

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Similar:
columbite, tantalite, ferrocolumbite, manganotantalite, ferrotantalite, tantite, calciotantite, tantalcarbide, bismutotantalite, manganocolumbite, more...

Opposite:
tantalum

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Coltan mining and ethics, more...



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