Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A lead-gray mineral, Sb2S3, that is the chief source of antimony.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Native antimony trisulphid (Sb2S3), a mineral usually occurring in orthorhombic crystals, sometimes of great size, often acicular; and also massive. See cut under acicular. The color is lead-gray. Stibnite is sometimes blackish and dull externally, and with an iridescent tarnish, but when fresh it has a very brilliant metallic luster, especially on the surface of perfect cleavage. It is very soft, yielding to the pressure of the nail. This ore is the source of most of the antimony of commerce. Also called
antimonite and antimony-glance.
Wiktionary
- n. A grey mineral, Sb2S3, that is the main ore of antimony; used in ancient times as the cosmetic kohl.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (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 .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a soft grey mineral; the chief ore of antimony
Etymologies
- French stibine, stibnite (from Latin stibium, antimony; see stibine) + -ite1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“(Sb_ {2} S_ {3}), called stibnite, though it is also found as oxide and as”
“The mineral that is used the most to isolate Antimony is called stibnite, also known as antimonite.”
“Antimony minerals, particularly stibnite, have been known and used since ancient times.”
“Numerous stibnite deposits occur in Idaho, Montana and Nevada, but most are worked out.”
“Its chemical symbol, Sb, is derived from the Latin word stibium, which was the name of the most common antimony mineral, stibnite.”
“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).”
“Of these minerals, only stibnite (SbS3) is mined commercially as a source for metallic antimony.”
“Because it is so soft, stibnite was used in ancient times as black eye makeup.”
“The ancients may have occasionally produced pure antimony from its ore stibnite, and medieval alchemists have left recipes for preparation of the pure metal.”
“Artists used finely-ground stibnite in the Middle Ages as a black pigment.”
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