TANTALITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tantalite mean? 

• TANTALITE (noun)
  The noun TANTALITE has 1 sense:

1. a mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum

  Familiarity information: TANTALITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TANTALITE (noun)

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Meaning:

A mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("tantalite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "tantalite"):

atomic number 73; Ta; tantalum (a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite)