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COLTAN [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-07-29
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- columbotantalite
1, record 1, English, columbotantalite
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- colombo-tantalite 2, record 1, English, colombo%2Dtantalite
correct
- colombotantalite 3, record 1, English, colombotantalite
correct
- columbite-tantalite 4, record 1, English, columbite%2Dtantalite
correct
- coltan 5, record 1, English, coltan
correct
- niobo-tantalite 6, record 1, English, niobo%2Dtantalite
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Any mineral of the columbite-tantalite group. 1, record 1, English, - columbotantalite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Coltan, consisting of colombite and tantalite, is being used in electronics, parts of atomic piles, super conductors, etc. ... From Bukavu the mineral is transported by road to Kigali and Kampala and then by air to purchasers in Europe and America ... The National Park Kahuzi-Biega in Congo is being ploughed up by coltan seekers, what ruins the flora and fauna. 7, record 1, English, - columbotantalite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Intermediate zones ... may include a variety of economically important minerals such as sheet mica, beryl, spodumene, amblygonite, lepidolite, columbite-tantalite and cassiterite. 8, record 1, English, - columbotantalite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The columbite-tantalite group includes the following minerals: ferrocolumbite, ferrotantalite, manganocolumbite, manganotantalite, and magnocolumbite. 1, record 1, English, - columbotantalite
Record 1, Key term(s)
- colombite-tantalite
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- colombo-tantalite
1, record 1, French, colombo%2Dtantalite
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- columbo-tantalite 2, record 1, French, columbo%2Dtantalite
correct, feminine noun
- columbotantalite 3, record 1, French, columbotantalite
correct, feminine noun
- colombite-tantalite 3, record 1, French, colombite%2Dtantalite
correct, feminine noun
- columbite-tantalite 4, record 1, French, columbite%2Dtantalite
correct, feminine noun
- coltan 5, record 1, French, coltan
correct, masculine noun
- niobo-tantalite 6, record 1, French, niobo%2Dtantalite
correct, feminine noun
- niobotantalite 7, record 1, French, niobotantalite
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Minéral du système orthorhombique se présentant en cristaux prismatiques, isométriques, en tablettes, fréquent dans les pegmatites. 8, record 1, French, - colombo%2Dtantalite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Sur le coltan, le fameux colombo-tantalite, lourd gravier noir éminemment stratégique, la flambée des cours est toujours aussi folle. [...] ce nec plus ultra du sous-sol [...] est recherché par toute l'industrie technologique de pointe : celle des fabricants d'ordinateurs, mais aussi celle de la construction aéronautique, de l'armement (ogives des fusées) ou des téléphones cellulaires [...] Longtemps, le coltan a été mis en troisième voire en quatrième position face à l'or, au diamant, à l'étain [...] 9, record 1, French, - colombo%2Dtantalite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Les principaux minerais exploités dans les éluvions sont [...] : or et platine natifs, diamants et pierres précieuses, cassitérite, wolframite, colombo-tantalite, etc. 10, record 1, French, - colombo%2Dtantalite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 CONT
Les minéraux qui se concentrent en dépôts détritiques ont une grande densité, sont chimiquement stables, difficilement solubles, et en général durs et peu clivables. Ce sont : or, platine, cassitérite, columbo (ou niobo)-tantalite, magnétite, ilménite, rutile, chromite, monazite, zircon et pierres précieuses [...] 6, record 1, French, - colombo%2Dtantalite
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Le nom «coltan» est une abréviation de «colombo-tantalite», un minerai à partir duquel on extrait les métaux rares : le tantale (Ta) et le columbium (Cb), souvent aussi appelé le niobium (Nb). 11, record 1, French, - colombo%2Dtantalite
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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