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===Occurrence=== {{See also|Category:Antimonide minerals|Category:Antimonate minerals}} [[File:Stibnite.jpg|thumb|[[Stibnite]], China CM29287 Carnegie Museum of Natural History specimen on display in [[Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems]]|alt=]] The abundance of antimony in the Earth's crust is estimated at 0.2 [[part per million|parts per million]],<ref name=g548>[[#Greenwood|Greenwood and Earnshaw]], p. 548</ref> comparable to [[thallium]] at 0.5 ppm and silver at 0.07 ppm. It is the 63rd most abundant element in the crust. Even though this element is not abundant, it is found in more than 100 mineral species.<ref>[https://www.mindat.org/chemsearch.php?inc=Sb&exc=&class=0&sub=Search+Minerals Antimony minerals]. mindat.org</ref> Antimony is sometimes found natively (e.g. on [[Antimony Peak]]), but more frequently it is found in the sulfide [[stibnite]] ({{chem2|Sb2S3}}) which is the predominant ore mineral.<ref name=g548/>
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