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stibotantalite

stibotantalite noun: a form of tantalite in which tantalum is wholly or partially replaced by antimony.

Noun

stibotantalite (uncountable)

  1. A form of tantalite in which tantalum is wholly or partially replaced by antimony
    • 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
    • The densest of all gem minerals is stibotantalite […]1975, Alan Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of World Records, page 178

Origin of stibotantalite

From stibo- + tantalite.

Questions about stibotantalite

What does stibotantalite mean?
Stibotantalite means a form of tantalite in which tantalum is wholly or partially replaced by antimony.
What part of speech is stibotantalite?
Stibotantalite is a noun.

Words near stibotantalite in the dictionary

  1. stibolane
  2. stibolanes
  3. stibole
  4. stibonium
  5. stibophen
  6. stibotantalite
  7. stibous
  8. stibtriamyl
  9. stibugluconate
  10. sticcado
  11. sticcato

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