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realgar::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | mineral |
Examples of realgar
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After another thousand years the realgar becomes transformed into yellow gold.
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Realgar performs corrosive work when put in contact with various substances.
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It is often found in association with realgar.
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Realgar is soft with a Mohs hardness of 1.5 to 2 and has a specific gravity of 3.5. Its streak is orange colored.
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After a thousand years it changes into realgar.
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Realgar most commonly occurs as a low-temperature hydrothermalvein mineral associated with other arsenic and antimony minerals.
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All of these activities, together with the drinking of realgar wine, were regarded by the ancients as effective in preventing disease or evil and promoting health and well-being.
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Realgar is frequently included as an ingredient in oral traditional remedies for its antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, anti-convulsive, and anti-schistosomiasis actions.
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Realgar was used by firework manufacturers to create the color white in fireworks prior to the availability of powdered metals such as aluminium, magnesium and titanium.
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- A rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide; an important ore of arsenic
- Toxic and carcinogenic.
- A mineral, arsenic sulfide (AsS), often associated with orpiment and stibnite in lead, silver and gold ores
- A native red or orange arsenic(II) sulfide, As2S2 (red orpiment, red arsenic, ruby arsenic, ruby sulfur)
- A red orange mineral (red arsenic sulfide) discovered in antiquity and used as a pigment until the 19th century.
- Rahj al-ghar, a mineral
