columbite. columbite (niobite, tantalite) A mineral oxide (Fe,Mn) (Ta,Nb) 2 O 6; when Ta > Nb the mineral is called tantalite, but when Ta < Nb it is called columbite; sp. gr. 5.2–6.5, increasing with increasing Ta content; hardness 6.0–6.5; orthorhombic; weakly magnetic; black or brownish-black; very dark red streak; sub-metallic lustre ...
The barren carbonatite contains some tiny unidentified secondary Nb-Ta-U phases, synchysite and monazite. Niobium mineralization is commonly represented by anhedral minerals of columbite-(Fe) which occur closely associated with magnetite-hematite and host up to 78 wt% Nb 2 O 5, 7 wt% Ta 2 O 5 and 1.6 wt% Sc 2 O 3. This …
Columbite (Fe, Mn) (Nb, Ta) 2 O 6 concentrates tantalum and niobium in the Zashikhinsky massif ore. It occurs in all facial varieties of granites. It produces both large (2–5 mm), and small (less 0.5 mm) black grains. In places it is found as flattened elongated pinacoid {010} and prismatic {001} crystals (Fig. 1 ).
Fe ⓘ Tavorite: LiFe 3+ (PO 4)(OH) Fe ⓘ Xanthoxenite: Ca 4 Fe 2 3+ (PO 4) 4 (OH) 2 · 3H 2 O: Fe ⓘ Jahnsite-(CaMnMg) {Ca}{Mn 2+}{(Mg,Fe 2+) 2}{Fe 2 3+}(PO 4) 4 (OH) 2 · 8H 2 O: Fe ⓘ Columbite-(Fe) Fe 2+ Nb 2 O 6: Fe ⓘ Griphite: Na 4 Li 2 Ca 6 (Mn 2+,Fe 2+,Mg) 19 Al 8 (PO 4) 24 (F,OH) 8: Fe ⓘ Pyrite: FeS 2: Fe ⓘ UM1986-56-SbO ...
The most important mineral is columbite-tantalite (Fe,Mn) (Nb,Ta)2O6. Tantalum also is found in minor quantities in minerals pyrochlore, samarskite, euexenite, and fergusonite. ... Just 0.012% of the element's mass is contributed by Ta-180, which has a half-life of 1.2×10 +15 years and isthus considered naturally stable. The remaining 47 ...
Columbite-tantalite and zircon occur in most textural zones, whereas tapiolite and uranmicrolite are mainly restricted to zone VII. Manganocolumbite and zircon from the outer zones (zones II and IV) are homogeneous except for a few exceptions, whereas manganotantalite and hafnian zircon from the inner zones (V–VII) are obviously …
The columbite-tantalite group minerals [(Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta) 2 O 6] are critical ore minerals of niobium and tantalum in rare metal pegmatite deposit. These minerals can be used for U–Pb dating because of high U and low Pb contents ( Romer and Smeds, 1994, Romer and Smeds, 1996, Romer and Smeds, 1997 Legros et al., 2019 ).
The phase evolution mechanism and purification of titanium oxycarbide (TiCxOy) synthesized via the carbothermal reduction of ilmenite are investigated. The reaction process and products of the performed carbothermal reduction are analyzed by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy-energy disperse …
The Ta, Nb, Mn, and Fe diffusion coefficients in granitoid melts are estimated. The Ta and Nb diffusion coefficients at T = 750°C and P = 100 MPa are ~10–10 cm2/s, and those of Fe and Mn are ~10–8.5 cm2/s. With an increase in temperature from 740 to 980°C, all of the diffusion coefficients increase by approximately 1.5 orders of …
The results are presented of a textural and mineral chemical study of a previously undescribed type of hydrothermal alteration of chevkinite-(Ce) which occurs in a syenitic pegmatite from the Vishnevye Mountains, Urals Region, Russia. The progressive alteration of the chevkinite to a bastnäsite-(Ce)-ilmenite-columbite-(Fe) assemblage …
Columbite-(Fe) Tarantino S C, Zema M: American Mineralogist 90 (2005) 1291-1300: Mixing and ordering behavior in manganocolumbite-ferrocolumbite solid solution: A single-crystal X-ray diffraction study: Sample: BRA n18 Qm=0.618 from S. Jose de Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Note: Occupancies calculated assuming complete Fe/Mn disorder
Tantalum and niobium are usually found together in nature and minerals containing niobium/tantalum are divided into two main groups, such as titano-niobates and tantalo-niobates, with the tantalo-niobates mineral has a high content and it is mainly divided into columbite (Fe,Mn(Nb,Ta) 2 O 6 with 40–75% Nb 2 O 5 and tantalite (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb) …
Thorium-poor monazite and columbite-(Fe) mineralization in the Gleibat Lafhouda carbonatite and its associated iron-oxide-apatite deposit of the Ouled Dlim Massif, South Morocco. Gondwana Res. (2020) S. Broom-Fendley et al. REE minerals at the Songwe Hill carbonatite, Malawi: HREE-enrichment in late-stage apatite.
Columbite Group: Mineral information, data and localities. American Mineralogist 76 1897-1904. American Mineralogist 76 1897-1904. Columbite- (Fe) Tarantino S C, Zema M (2005) Mixing and ordering behavior in manganocolumbite-ferrocolumbite solid solution: A single-crystal X-ray diffraction study American Mineralogist 90 1291-1300. Columbite- (Fe)
Columbite group minerals are represented by the general chemical formula AB 2 O 6, where A sites represent Fe 2+ and Mn 2+, and B sites represent Nb 5+ and Ta 5+. Ta, Nb, and Sn also exist in other minerals, such as pyrochlore, ixiolite, and wodginite as complex oxides and hydroxides.