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Tantalite: Mineral information, data and localities. An obsolete group name for minerals with the general formula (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb) 2 O 6, equivalent to the Tantalite(Fe)Tantalite(Mn) mangandominant members are more abundant in nature. Many specimens called tantalite actually belong to the columbite series or tapiolite series.