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Antimony Sb
Where is antimony used--or where does it impact our everyday lives?
To the left is a naturally occuring sample of antimony, Sb, found in the Consols Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, on display at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC during a Chemistry ONE field trip.
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Antimony is present in the mineral tetrahedrite twinned with chalcopyrite (FeCu)12Sb4S9 from Clausthal, Niedersachsen, Germany viewed at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC during a Chemistry ONE field trip
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Below is a sample of stibarsen, SbAs, from Rio Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico on display at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C. viewed during a Chemistry One field trip.
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and this is stibiconite (after stibnite) Sb3O6(OH) from Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico viewed at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC during a Chemistry ONE field trip
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Many minerals are sulfides. This is antimony sulfide, stibnite, Sb2S3, found in the Ochinokawa mine, Ehime, Japan viewed at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC during a Chemistry ONE field trip.
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Antimony is used in some white glasses.
Sketch by Bridget C, class of 2019, based on Wikipedia: Jackshoal