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; in powdered form, used as the cosmetic called kohl.

   Synonym: antimonite

   • 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.

Translations

a grey mineral

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

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

• Japanese: 輝安鉱 (kiankō)
• Polish: antymonit (pl) m
• Spanish: estibina (es) f, antimonita f
• Swedish: spetsglans c, stibnit c, antimonit c, antimonglans c

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Stibnite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “stibnite”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.