stibnite

American  

[stib-nahyt] / ˈstɪb naɪt /

noun

1. a soft mineral, antimony sulfide, Sb 2 S 3 , lead-gray in color with a metallic luster, occurring in crystals, often acicular, or in bladed masses: the most important ore of antimony.

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stibnite British  

/ ˈstɪbnaɪt /

noun

1. a soft greyish mineral consisting of antimony sulphide in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in quartz veins and is the chief ore of antimony. Formula: Sb 2 S 3

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Etymology

Origin of stibnite

1850–55; stib(i)ne (in obsolete sense “stibnite”) + -ite ¹

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Example Sentences

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stibnite

The stibnite is liquated out at a low heat and drips from the upper to the lower pot.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

We have been in much doubt as to the term to introduce into the text, as the English "stibnite" carries too much precision of meaning.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

In the Central Plateau of France the numerous antimony deposits are stibnite veins cutting granites and the surrounding schists and sediments.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

Antimony, however, occurs chiefly as the sulphide, stibnite; to a much smaller extent it occurs in combination with other metallic sulphides in the minerals wolfsbergite, boulangerite, bournonite, pyrargyrite, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

An analyzed sample of stibnite containing 70.05% Sb is given for analysis.

From An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis With Explanatory Notes by Henry P. Talbot

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