stibnite

English

Etymology

From Latin stibium, from Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi), a variant of στίμμι (stímmi).

Noun

stibnite (countable and uncountable, plural stibnites)

1. A grey mineral, Sb₂S₃, that is the main ore of antimony; used in ancient times as the cosmetic kohl.
   • 1955, Robert James Forbes, Studies in Ancient Technology, volume 9, E. J. Brill, page 176:

     The eye-paint used from immemorial times in Egypt is usually held to be stibnite.

Synonyms

• antimonite

Translations

a grey mineral

• Bulgarian: антимонит m (antimonit)
• Catalan: estibina, estibnita
• Czech: antimonit m
• Finnish: antimonihohde (fi), stibniitti (fi)
• German: Stibnit n
• Greek:

  Ancient: στίβι n (stíbi), στίμμι n (stímmi), λάρβασον n (lárbason)

• Japanese: 輝安鉱 (kiankō)
• Spanish: estibina (es) f, antimonita f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Stibnite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “stibnite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.