Definitions for stibnite

stibnite stib·nite

Spelling: [stib-nahyt]
IPA: /ˈstɪb naɪt/

Stibnite is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 153 anagrams from letters in stibnite (beiinstt).

Definitions for stibnite

noun

  1. a soft mineral, antimony sulfide, Sb 2 S 3 , lead-gray in color with a metallic luster, occurring in crystals, often acicular, or in bladed masses: the most important ore of antimony.

Origin of stibnite

1850-55; stib(i)ne (in obsolete sense “stibnite”) + -ite1

Examples for stibnite

The stibnite is liquated out at a low heat and drips from the upper to the lower pot.

The antimony sulphide, stibnite, is the source of most of the world's production of this metal.

Although antimony occurs in many minerals, the only commercial source is the sulphide, stibnite.

The commercial ore of this metal is the sulphide known as stibnite, or gray antimony.

Of these the only one in sufficient abundance for smelting is the common sulphide known as grey antimony or stibnite.

It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and is isomorphous with stibnite (Sb2S3), which it closely resembles in appearance.

stibnite is found in a variety of associations and is present in small quantities in many types of deposits.

Word Value for stibnite
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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