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I have partly reverted the redirecting of the columbite and tantalite group minerals. Columbite-Fe (ferrocolumbite) & Columbite-Mg) are both International Mineralogical Association recognized mienrals as are the tantalite group minerals. -- Kevmin ( talk) 11:04, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
some words on it's Usage and properties in usages perhaps? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.215.43.102 ( talk • contribs) 18:21, 29 August 2009
I won't inflict this on the actual page, but leave it up to someone else to include it if it seems not-inappropriate:
'In the James Bond novel
Moonraker, Columbite is the name of a high-tech steel alloy used to make the casing of the eponymous missile.'
Cheesusfreak (
talk) 00:56, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
As explained below, I intend to change the following two sentences (with respective references) from:
to:
... (p.282:) Mr. Winthrop was grandson of the first governor of Connecticut, great grandson of the first governor of Massachussetts ... (p.290:) A black mineral ... Is this the Columbite? ... it appeared that it had been sent ... to Sir Hans Sloane, by Mr. Winthrop of Massachussetts. ...'
... In 1800–01, while he was arranging some minerals at the British Museum in Bloomsbury, he became particularly interested in a specimen which was described in Sir Hans Sloane's catalogue of the 'Metalls', no. 2029 from his collection, as 'a very heavy black stone with golden streaks ... from Nautneague. From Mr. Winthrop' ... The donor was probably John Winthrop (1681–1747), a great-grandson of the founder of Massachusetts Bay colony. When Winthrop was elected FRS in 1734 he gave Sir Hans Sloane, then President of the Society, a collection of about 600 minerals. ...'
Reason:
The donation of the mineral specimen to John Sloane clearly could not be made by Gov. John Winthrop the Younger himself, as Sloane (1660-1753) was just 16 by the time of the Governor's death, and only 50+ years later became president of the Royal Society. This anachronism apparently evolved in 1824 [1] and has haunted through the literature via NIE 1905 [2] to this century (including this WP article), even if already corrected in 1844 (cf. citation above).
... the only North American specimen of columbite known in North America until lately, was the original one in the British Museum ... . It is said to have been sent many years since by the late Governor Winthrop, of Connecticut, to Sir Hans Sloane, then President of the Royal Society; after whose death it was deposited in the Museum, where it still resides. ...'
Any comments welcome. -- HReuter ( talk) 02:24, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
The correct name is columbite-(Fe), to distinguish from columbite-(Mn) and columbite-(Mg). Eudialytos ( talk) 17:39, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 12 January 2024 and 10 April 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Eblokland ( article contribs). Peer reviewers: Megthetrilobiter, Brettellier.
— Assignment last updated by Starkrobin ( talk) 19:13, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
Initially added environmental impact and formation section but edited according to comment. Eblokland ( talk) 15:23, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
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I have partly reverted the redirecting of the columbite and tantalite group minerals. Columbite-Fe (ferrocolumbite) & Columbite-Mg) are both International Mineralogical Association recognized mienrals as are the tantalite group minerals. -- Kevmin ( talk) 11:04, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
some words on it's Usage and properties in usages perhaps? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.215.43.102 ( talk • contribs) 18:21, 29 August 2009
I won't inflict this on the actual page, but leave it up to someone else to include it if it seems not-inappropriate:
'In the James Bond novel
Moonraker, Columbite is the name of a high-tech steel alloy used to make the casing of the eponymous missile.'
Cheesusfreak (
talk) 00:56, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
As explained below, I intend to change the following two sentences (with respective references) from:
to:
... (p.282:) Mr. Winthrop was grandson of the first governor of Connecticut, great grandson of the first governor of Massachussetts ... (p.290:) A black mineral ... Is this the Columbite? ... it appeared that it had been sent ... to Sir Hans Sloane, by Mr. Winthrop of Massachussetts. ...'
... In 1800–01, while he was arranging some minerals at the British Museum in Bloomsbury, he became particularly interested in a specimen which was described in Sir Hans Sloane's catalogue of the 'Metalls', no. 2029 from his collection, as 'a very heavy black stone with golden streaks ... from Nautneague. From Mr. Winthrop' ... The donor was probably John Winthrop (1681–1747), a great-grandson of the founder of Massachusetts Bay colony. When Winthrop was elected FRS in 1734 he gave Sir Hans Sloane, then President of the Society, a collection of about 600 minerals. ...'
Reason:
The donation of the mineral specimen to John Sloane clearly could not be made by Gov. John Winthrop the Younger himself, as Sloane (1660-1753) was just 16 by the time of the Governor's death, and only 50+ years later became president of the Royal Society. This anachronism apparently evolved in 1824 [1] and has haunted through the literature via NIE 1905 [2] to this century (including this WP article), even if already corrected in 1844 (cf. citation above).
... the only North American specimen of columbite known in North America until lately, was the original one in the British Museum ... . It is said to have been sent many years since by the late Governor Winthrop, of Connecticut, to Sir Hans Sloane, then President of the Royal Society; after whose death it was deposited in the Museum, where it still resides. ...'
Any comments welcome. -- HReuter ( talk) 02:24, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
The correct name is columbite-(Fe), to distinguish from columbite-(Mn) and columbite-(Mg). Eudialytos ( talk) 17:39, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
Sd D
S
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2A00:20:3018:8D63:B00D:F9AC:E1FA:8259 (
talk) 13:34, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 12 January 2024 and 10 April 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Eblokland ( article contribs). Peer reviewers: Megthetrilobiter, Brettellier.
— Assignment last updated by Starkrobin ( talk) 19:13, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
Initially added environmental impact and formation section but edited according to comment. Eblokland ( talk) 15:23, 6 April 2024 (UTC)