orpiment in English
noun
1
a bright yellow mineral consisting of arsenic trisulfide, formerly used as a dye and artist's pigment.
Commonly associated minerals include orpiment , stibnite, a variety of sulfides and sulfosalts, calcite, and barite.
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1. With 46% arsenic content, Arsenopyrite, along with orpiment, is a principal ore of
2. Realgar, orpiment, and arsenopyrite provide nearly all the world's supply of arsenic as a byproduct of smelting concentrates derived from these ores.
3. And was often colored with minerals such as carbon (black), orpiment (yellow), and Cinnabar (red) and used to paint the surfaces of sculptures and vessels