Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A niobotitanate of calcium, cerium, and other bases, occurring in isometric crystals, commonly octahedrons, of a brownish color and resinous luster. It turns yellowish-green under the blowpipe, whence the name.
Wiktionary
- n. mineralogy A mineral whose composition is that of a mixed niobate mostly of sodium, calcium and cerium, (Na,Ca)2Nb2O6(OH,F).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Min.) A niobate of calcium, cerium, and other bases, occurring usually in octahedrons of a yellowish or brownish color and resinous luster; -- so called from its becoming grass-green on being subjected to heat under the blowpipe.
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“The pyrochlore recovery was 76. 5%, yielding a commercial grade of 51% Nb2O5 in the concentrate.”
“According to Global Witness, some of the most important minerals found in the Kivu's are cassiterite, coltan, gold, pyrochlore and wolframite”
“PWC is also a shareholder involved in the niobium / tantalum (pyrochlore) mine at Lueshe, North Kivu, at the heart of the Rwandan "Tutsi rebel" occupation in eastern Congo. [”
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Minerals and Mineralogy
List of minerals, elements, group names and geochemistry terms encountered in the science of mineralogy. I've chosen to avoid capital letters in most examples, though a great many mineral names hon...
galkhaite, xanthoconite, pyrostilpnite, polybasite, pyrargyrite, djurleite, digenite, covellite, chalcocite, cerargirite, acanthite, aeschynite and 2608 more...
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