Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lead-gray mineral, Sb2S3, that is the chief source of antimony.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Native antimony trisulphid (Sb2S3), a mineral usually occurring in orthorhombic crystals, sometimes of great size, often acicular; and also massive. See cut under
acicular .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A mineral of a lead-gray color and brilliant metallic luster, occurring in prismatic crystals; sulphide of antimony; -- called also
antimony glance , andgray antimony .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
grey mineral ,Sb 2S 3, that is the mainore ofantimony ; used in ancient times as thecosmetic kohl .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a soft grey mineral; the chief ore of antimony
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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(Sb_ {2} S_ {3}), called stibnite, though it is also found as oxide and as
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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The mineral that is used the most to isolate Antimony is called stibnite, also known as antimonite.
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The mineral that is used the most to isolate Antimony is called stibnite, also known as antimonite.
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Because it is so soft, stibnite was used in ancient times as black eye makeup.
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Of these minerals, only stibnite (SbS3) is mined commercially as a source for metallic antimony.
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Antimony minerals, particularly stibnite, have been known and used since ancient times.
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Numerous stibnite deposits occur in Idaho, Montana and Nevada, but most are worked out.
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The ancients may have occasionally produced pure antimony from its ore stibnite, and medieval alchemists have left recipes for preparation of the pure metal.
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Its chemical symbol, Sb, is derived from the Latin word stibium, which was the name of the most common antimony mineral, stibnite.
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It rarely occurs in nature as a native element, but is found in a number of different minerals, the most important of which is stibnite (SbS3).
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