Min. Also -eite. [f. the name of the alleged mediæval alchemist Basil Valentine; named by W. Haidinger, 1845.] White antimony; antimony bloom.
1860. Ure’s Dict. Arts (ed. 5), I. 168. White Antimony (Valentinite) is the result of the alteration of grey antimony, native antimony, and other ores of that metal.
1863. [see ANTIMONY 3].
1867. Bloxam, Chem., 379. Antimony … is also found in nature as white antimony ore or valentinite.
