antimonite

English

Antimonite

Etymology

antimony +‎ -ite

Noun

antimonite (countable and uncountable, plural antimonites)

(mineralogy) A grey mineral, antimony sulfide (Sb₂S₃) that is the main source of antimony; stibnite
(countable, inorganic chemistry) Any of several oxyanions of antimony such as H₂SbO₃^-; any salt containing this ion

Translations

a grey mineral that is the main source of antimony

Finnish: antimoniitti
Portuguese: antimonita f

Further reading

“Antimonite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“antimonite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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