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Orpiment, also
known as ″yellow ****nic blende″ is a deep-colored, orange-yellow ****nic
sulfide mineral with
formula As 2S 3. It is
found in volcanic...
- compact, or
powdery form,
often in ****ociation with the
related mineral,
orpiment (As2S3). It is orange-red in color,
melts at 320 °C, and
burns with a bluish...
- ore
minerals —
orpiment and realgar,: 135, 239, 438 in
composition — ****nic sulfides. Both of
these minerals,
realgar and
orpiment, have been mined...
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yellow solid that is
insoluble in water. It also
occurs as the
mineral orpiment (Latin: auripigmentum),
which has been used as a
pigment called King's...
- in
France has a
painting of a
yellow horse 17,000
years old.
Ochre and
orpiment pigments were used to
represent gold and skin
color in
Egyptian tombs,...
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Pigments were also made in
ancient times from a
mineral known as
orpiment.
Orpiment was an
important item of
trade in the
Roman Empire and was used as...
- 'the
orpiment',
based on
Persian zar ("gold") from the word زرنيخ zarnikh,
meaning "yellow" (literally "gold-colored") and
hence "(yellow)
orpiment". It...
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Commonly found as
small octahedra it is white, but
impurities of
realgar or
orpiment may give it a pink or
yellow hue. It can be ****ociated with its dimorph...
- Paul A
Dictionary of
Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201 (See
under Orpiment [a
synonym of the
color name
Royal Yellow] );
color sample of
Royal Yellow:...
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paste consisted of an
admixture of
slaked lime, water, wood-ash and
yellow orpiment (****nic trisulfide); In
rural India and Iran,
where this
mixture is called...
