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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
An orthorhombic mineral, Sb<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub>; dimorphous with metastibnite; soft; metallic; may contain gold and silver; occurs in massive forms and in vertically striated prisms having perfect cleavage, in low-temperature veins and around hot springs; the chief source of antimony.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, Sb<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub>; dimorphous with metastibnite; soft; metallic; may contain gold and silver; occurs in massive forms and in vertically striated prisms having perfect cleavage, in low-temperature veins and around hot springs; the chief source of antimony.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, Sb<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub>; dimorphous with metastibnite; soft; metallic; may contain gold and silver; occurs in massive forms and in vertically striated prisms having perfect cleavage, in low-temperature veins and around hot springs; the chief source of antimony.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, Sb<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub>; dimorphous with metastibnite; soft; metallic; may contain gold and silver; occurs in massive forms and in vertically striated prisms having perfect cleavage, in low-temperature veins and around hot springs; the chief source of antimony.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, Sb<sub>3+</sub>Sb<sub>5</sub>O<sub>4</sub>; may be confused with stibiconite.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, Sb<sub>4</sub>O<sub>4</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub>(SO<sub>4</sub>) ; forms pale-yellow to orange-yellow platy or acicular crystals on stibnite; at Baia Sprie, Romania.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, SbNbO<sub>4</sub>; forms a series with stibiotantalite.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, SbTaO<sub>4</sub>; forms a series with stibiocolumbite.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, TeO<sub>2</sub>; dimorphous with paratellurite; colorless to yellow; occurs in hydrothermal veins.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, Tl<sub>4</sub>Hg<sub>3</sub>Sb<sub>2</sub>As<sub>8</sub>S<sub>20</sub>; forms gray-black crystals or thin red splinters; commonly intergrown with realgar and orpiment; occurs at Salonika, Macedonia, Greece.
Industry:Mining
