stibnite

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin stibium, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi).

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.

Synonyms

• antimonite

Translations

a grey mineral

• Finnish: antimonihohde (fi), stibniitti (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: στίβι n (stíbi)

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• Japanese: 輝安鉱 (きあんこう, 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.