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stibotantalite en · NOUN

Etymology

From stibo- + tantalite.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A 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:
    • 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: