Stibiconite, also formerly known as stibliteRobert Philips Greg, William Garrow Lettsom (1858). Manual of the Mineralogy of Great Britain & Ireland. — London: John Van Voorst, 1858. or antimony ochreBulletin of the United States National Museum. Published under the Direction of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Government Printing Office, No.32, 1887. is an antimony oxide mineral with formula: Sb3O6(OH). Its name originates from Greek (), 'antimony' and (), 'powder', alluding to its composition and habit. It is a member of the pyrochlore super group.
Discovery and occurrence It was first described in 1862 for an occurrence in the Brandholz – Goldkronach District, Fichtel Mountains, Bavaria, Germany.
It occurs as a secondary alteration product of other hydrothermal antimony minerals such as stibnite. It occurs in association with cervantite, valentinite, kermesite, native antimony and stibnite.
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