1. a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips; [syn: columbite-tantalite, coltan]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
columbite-tantalite
n 1: a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite;
used in cell phones and computer chips [syn: columbite-
tantalite, coltan]