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STIBNITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stibnite mean? 

STIBNITE (noun)
  The noun STIBNITE has 1 sense:

1. a soft grey mineral; the chief ore of antimonyplay

  Familiarity information: STIBNITE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STIBNITE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A soft grey mineral; the chief ore of antimony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("stibnite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "stibnite"):

antimony; atomic number 51; Sb (a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite)


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