Antimony

SymbolSb

This is a short overview. For the background — history, value over time and notable mines — see Antimony →

Occurs in: Hydrothermal Deposits, Veins and Lodes →

A brittle, silvery-white semi-metal, mined as the sulphide ore stibnite. Historically alloyed with lead to make hard, durable printer's type-metal and bearing metal, and used today mainly as a flame retardant.

Mines

Show these mines on the map

MineRegionWorked
Glendinning (Louisa) Mine Dumfries and Galloway 1788–1922

Accessibility options

Saved in this browser and applied on every page. Colour is never the only cue on MineArchive; if links are hard to pick out, underline them or raise the contrast. For larger text, use your browser's zoom.

Contrast
Link visibility
Motion
Reading width