valentiniten.
/ˈvaləntɪnʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
White antimony; antimony bloom.
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1860 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 5) I. 168 White Antimony (Valentinite) is the result of the alteration of grey antimony, native antimony, and other ores of that metal.
1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 311 Antimony is found in combination with oxygen, viz. as trioxide, in the form of antimony bloom, white antimony, or Valentinite, Sb2O3, and as tetroxide, antimony ochre or Cervantite, Sb2O4.
1867 C. L. Bloxam Chemistry 379 Antimonic oxide..is also found in nature as white antimony ore or valentinite.
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