1. The antimony mineral stibnite may have been a component of Greek fire. 2. Small deposits of stibnite are common, but large deposits are rare. 3. Because of its appearance it is often mistaken for stibnite . 4. Stibnite was used ever since protodynastic Ancient Egypt as a medication and a cosmetic.5. Stibnite has antimony ( stibium ) in it.6. Such substances included zinc, antimony, bismuth, stibnite , pyrite and galena. 7. Other mineral found at the mine are Kermesite, Magnetite, Quartz and Stibnite . 8. Stibnite has a structure similar to that of arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3.9. In 1857, sphalerite, barite and stibnite were discovered and mined for several decades. 10. It occurs as a secondary alteration product of other hydrothermal antimony minerals such as stibnite .
