Definitions for columbite

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columbite co·lum·bite

Spelling: [kuh-luhm-bahyt]

IPA: /kəˈlʌm baɪt/

Columbite is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 430 anagrams from letters in columbite (bceilmotu).

Definitions for columbite

noun

1. a black, crystalline mineral, iron niobate, (Fe, Mn)Nb 2 O 6 , the principal ore of niobium, an end member of a series of solid solutions in which manganese and tantalum combine to form tantalite.

Origin of columbite

First recorded in 1795-1805; columb(ium) + -ite¹

Examples for columbite

Columbium pentoxide (columbic acid), Cb2O5, is obtained from columbite, after the removal of tantalum (see above).