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Orpiment   Listen
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Orpiment  n.  (Chem.) Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphous lemon-yellow powder, and occurring naturally as a yellow crystalline mineral; formerly called auripigment. It is used in king's yellow, in white Indian fire, and in certain technical processes, as indigo printing. "Our orpiment and sublimed mercurie."
Red orpiment, realgar; the red sulphide of arsenic.
Yellow orpiment, king's yellow.






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