The increased demand of metals such as tantalum (Ta) and niobium (Nb) reflect the on-going development in modern science, engineering and technology. The …
Wolfram is a typomorfic impurity in columbite–tantalite of the Kester Deposit, WO 3 is 1.77%, on average (apfu is 0.03). In tantalite- (Mn), WO 3 is 0.70%, while in …
Since 2006, our working group has been investigating columbite-tantalite (coltan) mineralisation, especially in Africa, also within the wider framework of establishing certified trade chains. More ...
Columbite-tantalite recovery was the highest at 3:1 BHA–SIBX among the tested collector suites. Using the 3:1 mixed BHA–SIBX collector yielded a more negative columbite-tantalite in comparison to that measured with BHA alone. This indicated the improved adsorption of the BHA–SIBX mixture on the columbite-tantalite surface and …
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Coltan 139 and these three columbite-tantalite samples with variable compositions yielded internally consistent LA-ICP-MS U-Pb ages when using each other for calibration and the weighted mean 206 Pb/ 238 U ages are comparable to respective ID-TIMS ages. Composition-dependent U-Pb fractionation seems to be insignificant under …
The grain size of columbite-tantalite in the concentrate is the coarsest, followed by that in the middlings, and the finest in the tailings, which are mainly distributed in the range of -150+38 ...
Introduction. Niobium and tantalum are critical metals that have been used increasingly in advanced technologies (e.g. information technology, energy, aerospace, national defence and military, Linnen et al., Reference Linnen, Van Lichtervelde and Černý 2012).Members of the columbite–tantalite solid-solution series are a major mineral …
columbite, hard, black (often iridescent), heavy oxide mineral of iron, manganese, and niobium, (Fe, Mn)Nb 2 O 6. Tantalum atoms replace niobium atoms in the crystal structure to form the mineral tantalite, which is similar but much more dense. These minerals are the most abundant and widespread of the naturally occurring niobates and ...
Abstract. Columbite–tantalite (Coltan) is the most important niobium (Nb)- and tantalum (Ta)-bearing economic mineral, commonly occurring in rare metal granite and pegmatite, alkaline granite, syenite and carbonatite. Its high U but low common Pb contents make it an ideal mineral for U–Pb isotopic dating of Nb–Ta mineralization.
The generic term columbotantalite, cbt, comprises the different compositional varieties of columbite and tantalite, classically treated (e.g. Ramdohr 1980) as an isomorphic, continuous solid solution series between the members (Fe, Mn)Nb 2 O 6 (niobite, now columbite, cb) and (Fe, Mn)Ta 2 O 6 (tantalite, tan), a series also known …
The columbite group is a solid solution with varying proportions of Nb or Ta in its composition. According to the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), …
Columbite is the niobium-rich member, and Tantalite is the tantalum-rich member. Columbite is named after its niobium content, which was previous known as columbium …
Columbite-tantalite minerals commonly have a broad range of U contents that may reach several thousand ppm and may substitute for Fe and Mn into the crystal lattice, but for high U contents may form phases of its own (e.g., uraninite; cf. Romer et al., 1996). Furthermore, columbite-tantalite minerals typically have very low common Pb …
Columbite-tantalite, cassiterite and other Ta-Nb-Sn oxides in sediments from catchments that contain known LCT pegmatite occurrences show the same textural and chemical characteristics as these ...
Extensive variety in fractionation of columbite-tantalite is demonstrated on some pegmatites, pegmatite groups and fields. More data from different pegmatite types are required, in conjunction with experimental work, to understand the factors regulating the course of fractionation. ... — Populations of the main cations (and vacancies) in the ...
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In addition, the solubilities of columbite and tantalite increase with increasing temperature and Li content of the melt (Fiege et al., 2011). This trend culminates with late crystallization of tantalite and usually involves decreasing temperature, Li and F contents, leading to the deposition of Li- and F-bearing minerals (spodumene and ...
23 Columbite-tantalite ages from 14 Nb–Ta deposits in South China were reported. • Five distinct Nb–Ta mineralisation events (424–391, 248–204, 160–150, ∼130, and ∼90 Ma) in South China were revealed.
be exhausted tin–rare-metal ores. The Kester Deposit is an ore-bearing greisen. deposit that is located at a hanging endocontact of a. harpolith of rare-metal granites at its bend, and sub-. m e ...
COLTAN (Columbite-Tantalite) is a dull metallic ore found in major quantities in the eastern areas of Congo. When refined, COLTAN becomes metallic …
Dissolution textures resulting from the corrosion of columbite and tantalite rims, in particular, are common. The Mn/(Mn + Fe) ratio varies between 0.33 and 0.97 and the Ta/(Ta + Nb) ratio between 0.07 and 0.93. Wodginite and microlite formed as late replacements of CGM and occur associated with tantalite and cassiterite.
LCT (lithium–cesium–tantalum) pegmatites from the Kaustinen and Kolmozero regions contain columbite–tantalite mineralization, which has been presented in this study. Crystal structure, …
The ultrastructure of the columbite-tantalite mineral suggested the columbite-group mineral in the Zhaojinggou Nb-Ta deposit formed during magmatic crystallization rather than from hydrothermal ...
The patchy zoning is the most common texture of CGM in the Bugarura-Kuluti. It is often produced when columbite-tantalite is subjected to an alteration by later …
Abstract. Columbite-tantalite LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating is a fast and useful method to determine the age of rare-metal deposits and fingerprint the provenance of columbite-tantalite ore concentrates ...
The dependence of columbite–tantalite (Nb2O5-59 wt. %, Ta2O5-18 wt. %) solubility as a function of solution composition, T, and P has also been investigated. Tantalum and Nb concentrations have the highest values in HF solutions at reduced conditions (up to 10−3 to 10−2 m Ta in 1 m HF). In 1 m NaF solutions, the concentrations …
The Separation Lake area is host to the most important rare-element pegmatites in Ontario, Canada. They include the Big Whopper and Big Mack petalite pegmatite systems which potentially represent the world's second largest lithium deposit of this type. The pegmatites occur in two distinct clusters adjacent to the Separation Rapids pluton which is thought to …
Columbite–tantalite (Coltan) is the most important niobium (Nb)- and tantalum (Ta)-bearing economic mineral, commonly occurring in rare metal granite and pegmatite, alkaline granite, syenite and ...
The patchy zoning is the most common texture of CGM in the Bugarura-Kuluti. It is often produced when columbite-tantalite is subjected to an alteration by later fluids (Tindle and Breaks, 2000). Usually, an early columbite generation is replaced (or partially replaced) by a later columbite-tantalite generation richer in Ta (Fig. 8 a–c).
We successfully report a liquid–liquid chemical reduction and hydrothermal synthesis of a highly stable columbite-tantalite electrocatalyst with remarkable hydrogen evolution …
Minerals of rare metals had a surface of fracture (break) from stepwise uneven to conchoidal. In the initial state (before effect of HPEMP), the surface of columbite and tantalite was smooth and characterized by the presence of individual genetic microcracks (Fig. 1ad). According to SEM data the electromagnetic pulse treatment of …
Columbite and tantalite, two of the columbitegroup minerals (CGM), represent the most widespread Nb-Ta oxide minerals in more geochemically evolved granitic pegmatites (e.g., Lahti 1987, 2000 ...
Columbite-(Fe) in tabular crystal from the Nine Mile pluton near Wausau in Marathon County, Wisconsin. Scanning electron microscope image. (Photo by Al Falster.) Columbite-tantalite refers to a group of minerals having …
The increased demand of metals such as tantalum (Ta) and niobium (Nb) reflect the on-going development in modern science, engineering and technology. The extraction of these two metals from columbite-tantalite ore is based on generic extractive metallurgy. However, the upstream purification of ore and downstream extraction of Ta …
The discrimination diagram for columbite-tantalite series minerals is based on 153 new electron microprobe analyses from British Columbia combined with over 2500 analyses complied from the literature.
Columbite-tantalite LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating is a fast and useful method to determine the age of rare-metal deposits and fingerprint the provenance of columbite-tantalite ore concentrates. Accurate ...
Columbite. Columbite, also called niobite, niobite-tantalite and columbate [ (Fe, Mn) (Nb, Ta) 2 O 6 ], is a black mineral group that is an ore of niobium and tantalum. It has a submetallic luster and a high density and is a niobate of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron. This mineral group was first found at Haddam, Middlesex ...