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Antimony

Year of discovery: before 1959 (Sala mine, Sweden), 2005 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of antimony

• Sb
• (Sb,As)

• Class: Arsenic group
• Class: Native elements
• Soluble in: hot HCl
• Magnetism: Diamagnetic
• Reserve in oil to prevent from oxidizing.

• Sb => As: Arsenic (Series), Arsenolamprite, Pararsenolamprite
• Sb => SbAs: Stibarsen

• Color: Silver white
• Streak: Gray
• Luster: Metallic
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• Habit: Pseudocubic by {01-12}
• Twin: {01-14} 4th or 6th fold intrusion twin

• Cleavage: Perfect on {0001} (1 plane), Distinct on {1011} (3 planes), Imperfect on {1014} (3 planes), Indistince on {1120} (3 planes)
• Hardness: 3-3.5
• Density: 6.7

• System: Trigonal
• Group: (-3)m, R(-3)m
• Lattice: a=4.3, c=11.3

Etymology: Chemical composition

Synonym: Native Antimony