METALS. 91. Stibium. 295 
Stiiho, Fibrous, a little fliining, emitting fulphiirous vapours be- 
fore the blowpipe, and entirely evaporating in a more 
violent heat. 
Ochraftibii. Sy/l. nat, xii. *94" ”• *3* 
' Antimonium fulphure. Wall./yll- 2 .p.\<j'],n. 2 ,. 
Antimonial ochre. Kir‘wan miner. 2. />. z;2. 
Ochre of antimony, nomjon chem. 4. p. 93. 
Found in Saxony, Bohemia, Hungary, Dauphiny, &c. fometimes 
friable and earthy, but generally covering the furface ot 
other antimonial ores in the form of foft downy capillary 
flexible fibres, which are loofe or bundled together, or fteU 
lately difpofed : colour blackifh, grey, liver-brown, dull red. 
violet, greenifli, ftraiv-yellow, or variegated, rarely white: 
it does not melt before the blowpipe, but evaporates and de- 
pofits a white powder: with borax iteffervefces and is partly 
reduced. 
’vulgart. 
Of a fteel-grey colour and metallic luftre, ponderous, 
emitting fulphiirous vapours before the blowpipe, and 
at laft evaporating in white vapours. 
Sulphurated Antimony. KirnAian miner, z.p. 246. 
Grey fulphurizcd antimony, Schmeifser 2.p. 224. 
Sulphurct of antimony. ■ThomJ'on them. 4. p. 90. 
1 Compaa, of a fine-grained uneven frafture, with a grey me- 
tallic llreak and dark-brown earthy powder. 
Waller JyH- mineral. 2. />. 198. n. 4. 
Compad fulphurated antimony. Kirnxan miner z.p. 249. 
Compad fulphuret of antimony. ‘Ihomfon chem. 4. p. 91. 
2 Of a foliated texture and Ample fradure, with a grey metallic 
ftreak and dark-brown earthy powder. 
Galena antimonii. WalLfyst, 2, p. 197. w, 2. d. 
FoUated fulphurated antimony. Kir^an miner. 2. p. 248. 
Foliated iulphuret of antimony. 7 homjon chem. 4, 9 1 . 
3- 
Of a radiated texture, with a grey metallic llreak and dark- 
ofcy powder* 
Stinium fibrofum. Syst. nat. xii. 3. p. 123. ». 3. 
Wall. Jyft. m ner. 2. p. 196. n. 2. 
Radiated fulphuret of antimony. ‘I homjon 4. /i. 91. 
a. With the rays parallel. 
Wall. Jytl‘ miner. 2. p. 1 97. «• 2 < »• 
b. With the rays fcatrercd. 
Svvr. I- '72- « 4- 
Wall Jyft. miner 2. p. 197. ». 2 . b. 
c. With the rays bundled together. 
d. With the raysdilpofsd in a llellate manner. 
