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columbite

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Noun
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co=lum=bite

CIDE DICTIONARY

columbiten. [Cf. F. colombite. See Columbium.].
     A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron; -- first found in New England.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

columbite, n. US Chem. an ore of iron and niobium found in America.

Etymology
Columbia, a poetic name for America, + -ITE(1)

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