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stibnite

[ stib-nahyt ]

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.


stibnite

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stibnite1

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

Origin of stibnite1

C19: from obsolete stibine stibnite + -ite 1
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Example Sentences

It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and is isomorphous with stibnite (Sb2S3), which it closely resembles in appearance.

When prepared in this way they are orange-colored substances, though the mineral stibnite is black.

The antimony sulphide, stibnite, is the source of most of the world's production of this metal.

The commercial ore of this metal is the sulphide known as stibnite, or gray antimony.

Although antimony occurs in many minerals, the only commercial source is the sulphide, stibnite.

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