(n.) A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at Haddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now more commonly called niobium.
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(1) The comparative materials were the Co-Cr-alloys Remanium CD and Wirobond and the implant materials Titanium, Tantalum and Columbium and the high biocompatible material Teflon.
Pegmatite
Definition:
(n.) Graphic granite. See under Granite.
(n.) More generally, a coarse granite occurring as vein material in other rocks.
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(1) A wide spectrum of heterotrophic and autotrophic microorganisms was detected in the zones of decomposition of spodumene and bed rocks, pegmatites and shales, in the spodumene deposit.