| 1. | The antimony mineral stibnite may have been a component of Greek fire.
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| 2. | Small deposits of stibnite are common, but large deposits are rare.
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| 3. | Because of its appearance it is often mistaken for stibnite.
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| 4. | Stibnite was used ever since protodynastic Ancient Egypt as a medication and a cosmetic.
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| 5. | Stibnite has antimony ( stibium ) in it.
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| 6. | Such substances included zinc, antimony, bismuth, stibnite, pyrite and galena.
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| 7. | Other mineral found at the mine are Kermesite, Magnetite, Quartz and Stibnite.
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| 8. | Stibnite has a structure similar to that of arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3.
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| 9. | In 1857, sphalerite, barite and stibnite were discovered and mined for several decades.
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| 10. | It occurs as a secondary alteration product of other hydrothermal antimony minerals such as stibnite.
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