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countable and uncountable, plural stibnites
A grey mineral, Sb2S3, that is the main ore of antimony; used in ancient times as the cosmetic kohl. quotations examples
The eye-paint used from immemorial times in Egypt is usually held to be stibnite.
1955, Robert James Forbes, Studies in Ancient Technology, volume 9, E. J. Brill, page 176