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noun
rare MineralogyA mineral containing niobium, tantalum, and other metals, later identified as an altered form of samarskite.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Mineralogy Magazine. From French ampangabéite from Ampangabe, the name of the site in Madagascar where the mineral was first discovered + -ite.
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