STIBNITE


Meaning of STIBNITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstib-ˌnīt ]

noun

Etymology: alteration of obsolete English stibine stibnite, from French, from Latin stibium antimony, from Greek stibi, from Egyptian sṭm

Date: circa 1854

: a mineral that consists of the trisulfide of antimony and occurs in orthorhombic lead-gray crystals of metallic luster or in massive form

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