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valentinite

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[val-uhn-ti-nahyt, -tee-nahyt] / ˈvæl ən tɪˌnaɪt, -ˌti naɪt /

noun

  1. a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb 2 O 3 , formed by the oxidation of various minerals containing antimony and occurring in the form of white orthorhombic crystals.

Etymology

Origin of valentinite

1855–60; < German Valentinit, named after Basil Valentine, 15th-century German alchemist; see -ite 1

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Cervantite, senarmontite, and valentinite are native oxides of ~.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Claudetite and valentinite though crystallizing in different systems have the same cleavages and very nearly the same angles, and are strictly isomorphous.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

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