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What does orpiment mean?

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Noun
  1. arsenic trisulphide, occurring naturally in crystals or massive deposits, formerly used as a dye or pigment
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Other minerals associated with the orpiment crystals are white to colorless barite crystals, lemon-yellow crystalline masses of sulfur, and minor realgar.
The next morning we drove west to the famous town of Shimen, the locality for all the superb realgar and orpiment crystals.
For example, it seems to have been used as a medium for vermilion and orpiment.
Put some quicklime and red orpiment in water, place some warm ashes under it for a whole day, filter the liquor, and cork it down.
We have occasionally found Mars yellow mixed with orpiment, or chromate of lead, for the purpose of brightening the colour.
The most expensive stones used for seals are orpiment, agalmatolite originating in East China's Fujian Province and cornelian.

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