valentinite

valentinite
/val"euhn ti nuyt', -tee'nuyt/, n.
a mineral, antimony trioxide, Sb2O3, formed by the oxidation of various minerals containing antimony and occurring in the form of white orthorhombic crystals.
[1855-60; < G Valentinit, named after Basil Valentine, 15th-century German alchemist; see -ITE1]

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