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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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Massicot and orpiment, he considers as those which have been the least permanent amongst all the mineral colours.
Commonly associated minerals include orpiment, stibnite, a variety of sulfides and sulfosalts, calcite, and barite.
Even the arsenic mine at Shimen, Hunan Province, is still the source of minor amounts of good realgar, orpiment, and calcite.
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.
For example, it seems to have been used as a medium for vermilion and orpiment.
He accordingly mixed one part of red lead, four parts of blue bice, and a proper proportion of orpiment and verdigris.

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