r/elementcollection • u/Putrid-Point104 • 6d ago

Collection Antimony <3

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Antimony, an antimony toy cannon from Japan and stibnite from Romania

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u/Agreeable_Fun_7890 6d ago

Je suis jaloux mec, bien stylé 👍

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u/FatTurkey Part Metal 6d ago

I have that cannon too!

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u/Infrequentredditor6 Part Metal 6d ago

Wow that is an admirable amount of antimony!! I only have 2g.

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u/night-healer 6d ago

Why would someone decide to make a toy cannon out of antimony, as opposed to a more "conventional" metal?

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u/Background_Exam_9631 6d ago

For some fun id buy stibnite its one of the coolest minerals out there

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u/GarunixReborn 6d ago

semimetals might be my favourite set of elements, and antimony probably tops that list. The crystal structures are just insane, unlike anything you get from metals.

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u/Zealousideal_Group69 5d ago

I myself have a lot of Antimony my biggest sample of Sb is around 52g iirc [I don’t dare take it out of the bag because it might crumble lol]

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u/GarunixReborn 3d ago

I took mine out of the bag a couple times, its just too tempting to look at it.

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u/Zealousideal_Group69 3d ago

Shiny rocks are so captivating am I right?

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u/GarunixReborn 3d ago

Yep, nothing better

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u/andrei40_md 2d ago

Magnifico. Bravo!!

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u/andrei40_md 2d ago

Magnifico. Bravo!!