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orpiment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of orpiment
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It occurs in association with orpiment, arsenolite, calcite and barite.
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Mixed with two parts of slaked lime, orpiment is still very commonly used in rural India as a depilatory.
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Orpiment was an important item of trade in the Roman Empire and was used as a medicine in China although it is highly toxic.
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Several toxic pigments have been found in the wall hangings studied, including orpiment and emerald green, which contain arsenic.
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Orpiment was very common in yellow pigment in painted wall hangings throughout the 18th century and well into the 19th century too.
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For example, there is orpiment.
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Still-life painters such as Jan Davidsz de Heem and Abraham Mignon were famous for using a yellow pigment called orpiment, made from arsenic and sulphide.
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Large sheets were folded backward and forward, like a fan, and the strips were painted on with lampblack or Chinese ink, chalk, vermilion, indigo, and yellow orpiment.
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Orpiment presented problems, however, such as its extreme toxicity and its incompatibility with other common pigments like lead and copper-based substances such as verdigris and azurite.
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- A yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenic
- Orpiment is a deep orange-yellow colored arsenic sulfide mineral with formula Asn2Sn3. It is found in volcanic fumaroles, low temperature hydrothermal veins, and hot springs and is formed both by sublimation and as a byproduct of the decay of another arsenic mineral, realgar. It takes its name from the Latin auripigmentum (aurum u2212 gold + pigmentum u2212 pigment) because of its deep-yellow color.
- Arsenic(III) sulfide, As2S3 (yellow arsenic, King's yellow); literally gold pigment. Red orpiment is arsenic(II) sulfide, As2S2, also known as realgar or red arsenic.
- A lemon-yellow, native arsenic trisulfide, used as a pigment. >OF. >L. auripigmentum - gold pigment (130)
- An arsenic-sulfur combination yielding a brilliant yellow color known as king's yellow.
