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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tantalite \Tan"ta*lite\, noun [Cf. F. tantalite.] (Min.) A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster. It is essentially a tantalate of iron.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tantalite
noun: a mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum
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