Effects of columbite/tantalite (COLTAN) mining activities …

The mining of columbite/tantalite (COLTAN) has a negative effect on the different spheres of the environment notably; hydrosphere, lithosphere, and the atmosphere (Eisler 2004). Just like gold mining, COLTAN extraction involves the breaking of crystallographic bond in the mineral ore to get the products in the pure form.

U-Pb isotopic dating of columbite-tantalite minerals: Development of

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 ...

What is Coltan? 6 Facts You Should Know

Here are six coltan facts you should know. 1. What is coltan? The mineral coltan is one of the resources that is playing an important role in the technological revolution. Coltan ore itself hosts ...

Extractive metallurgy of columbite-tantalite ore: A detailed …

The increased demand of metals such as tantalum (Ta) and niobium (Nb) reflect the on-going development in modern science, engineering and technology. The …

Extractive metallurgy of columbite-tantalite ore: A detailed …

Niobium and tantalum demand have increased since 2021 as the steel industry became to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an increasement in …

Extractive metallurgy of columbite-tantalite ore: A detailed …

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 and Nb …

Chemistry of columbite-tantalite minerals in rare metal …

Compositionally, columbite-tantalite of the Li-albite granites is constrained between MnNb 2 O 6 and MnTa 2 O 6 (the Ta/(Nb+Ta) atom. ratio ranges between 0.10 and 0.80). This low to high ratio and the association of columbite-tantalite with topaz, fluorite and lithian micas (in the series zinnwaldite-white mica) indicate a higher solubility ...

Columbite supergroup of minerals: nomenclature and …

The columbite–tantalite-series minerals are columbite-(Fe), and their paragenesis evolves from composite grains with pyrochlore to individual crystals. Pyrochlore is magmatic with U–Ta–Ti ...

Experimental studies of Ta2O5 and columbite–tantalite …

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 …

Episodic Nb–Ta mineralisation in South China

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.

(PDF) Ultrastructure of a Columbite-Tantalite Mineral from …

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 ...

Mineral chemistry of columbite–tantalite from

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 ...

Study on Extraction of Niobium Oxide from Columbite-Tantalite Concentrate

Htwe and Lwin (2008) studied on the extraction of niobium oxide from columbite-tantalite concentrate. With the original Columbitetantalite concentrate containing 19.29% Nb 2 O 5, 9.93% Ta 2 O 5 ...

COLUMBITE-TANTALITE {COLTAN} MINING IN NIGERIA; THE OPPORTUNITIES

Columbite, also called niobite, niobite-tantalite and columbate, 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. Columbite and tantalite are collectively known as coltan in Africa.

(PDF) Columbite-tantalite and cassiterite as indicator …

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 ...

Extractive metallurgy of columbite-tantalite ore: A detailed …

Commercial and innovative pyrometallurgical (direct reduction), hydrometallurgical (pure leaching) and pyro-hydrometallurgical (NH 4 HF 2 or alkali …

Towards sustainable processing of columbite group …

In the context of engineering a novel technique for the extraction of niobium-tantalum oxides from columbite-tantalite minerals, we have reviewed the importance of dielectric properties of these ...

U-Pb columbite-tantalite chronology of rare-element

Columbite-tantalite minerals are potentially useful for dating the emplacement age of economically important rare-element pegmatites. Romer and Wright have shown that columbite-tantalite may accommodate considerable amounts of uranium (circa 500–1000 ppm) and exclude lead almost completely.The U-Pb systematics, …

How to pronounce columbite-tantalite

Rate the pronunciation difficulty of columbite-tantalite. 5 /5. (1 Vote) Very easy. Easy. Moderate. Difficult. Very difficult. Pronunciation of columbite-tantalite with 1 audio pronunciations.

A mixed collector system for columbite-tantalite flotation

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. ... (Ta) and niobium (Nb) reflect the on-going development in modern science, engineering and technology. …

Enhanced dissolution of tantalite/columbite following milling

The dissolution of a tantalite/columbite concentrate was substantially affected by milling for an extended period. Dry milling was found to be more effective than wet milling, despite the latter attaining a somewhat greater surface area due to the prevention of agglomeration. A powder dry milled for 50 h showed a dissolution rate over …

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(PDF) Analytical fingerprint of columbite-tantalite (coltan

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 ...

Tantalum (Ta) [Z = 73]

The columbite group is a solid solution with varying proportions of Nb or Ta in its composition. According to the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), 'tantalite' or 'coltan' are not scientific names, yet they are widely used. Many specimens commonly named tantalite are actually minerals of the columbite or tapiolite group ...

Columbite SN3: A New Potential Reference

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 …

Mineralogy and chemistry of columbite-tantalite from …

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).

Columbite-Tantalite

R41-1CH Columbite-Tantalite. 6.0 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm. This is a large, heavy, long prismatic, lustrous but opaque crystal cluster, combining two elements much in demand for making vital, metallic alloys. The color is blackish-brown, and the specimen is in very good shape, quite aesthetic overall. Ex.

⇉Columbite Tantalite

Columbite Tantalite – Valuable Metal. Coltan, short for columbite tantalite, is the principal source of tantalum, a rare and valuable metal in huge demand in today's high technology industries. Tantalum is an extremely hard, dense rare element that is highly resistant to corrosion. It has a very high melting point and is a good conductor of ...

Zoning in columbite-tantalite crystals from the granitic pegmatites …

The columbite-tantalite specimens studied by the author are Nb- and Fe-rich and all are opaque. The 509 510, Lahti aim of this paper is to describe their zoning styles with the aid of microprobe methods, to show the compo- sitional variation and to discuss briefly the origin of zoning. METHODS The columbite-tantalite crystals, platy parallel ...

Columbite-tantalite FTIR spectra: a) sample M 1, b) sample …

Columbite-tantalite is dispersed mainly in the wall zones of the Nb-Ta-enriched pegmatites, and shows a large variation of the degree of order between 25 % and 84 % (XRPD) with predominant ...

Mineralogical and physical studies of low-grade

Columbite-tantalite group minerals [(Fe,Mn)O ... Thus, it requires to under-go concentration processes before dissolution and chemical leaching. The gravity concentration done on the ore-samples resulted in concentrate with compositions of 66.14%SnO 2, 7.66%Ta 2 O 5 and 7.70% Nb 2 O 5. This study therefore provides the …

A mixed collector system for columbite-tantalite flotation

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 …

What coltan mining in the DRC costs people and the …

Another strategic mineral mined in the DRC is coltan – a name derived from "columbite-tantalite". In 2021, the DRC's coltan production amounted to an estimated 700 tonnes, ...

Can the provenance of the conflict minerals columbite and …

These promising preliminary results indicate that columbite–tantalite provenance can be ascertained by LIBS analysis and suggest that additional work with a …

Mineralogy and chemistry of columbite-tantalite from …

Hydrothermal origin of columbite-tantalite is observed in greisens, expressed by a higher W concentration and coeval or even younger crystallization compared to the …