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orpiment$535572$ - translation to greek
SULFIDE MINERAL
King's yellow; Arsenic Yellow; Yellow Orpiment; Chinese Yellow (pigment); 🜽; Auripigment
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![El'brusskiy arsenic mine, [[Kabardino-Balkarian Republic]], Northern Caucasus Region, Russia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Orpiment-d06-185b.jpg?width=200 "El'brusskiy arsenic mine, [[Kabardino-Balkarian Republic]], Northern Caucasus Region, Russia")
orpiment
n. κίτρινη βαφή
Definition
orpiment
['?:p?m(?)nt]
¦ noun a bright yellow mineral consisting of arsenic trisulphide, formerly used as a dye and artist's pigment.
Origin
ME: via OFr. from L. auripigmentum, from aurum 'gold' + pigmentum 'pigment'.
Wikipedia
Orpiment
Orpiment is a deep-colored, orange-yellow arsenic sulfide mineral with formula As
2S
3. 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 sulfide mineral, realgar.
Orpiment takes its name from the Latin auripigmentum (aurum, "gold" + pigmentum, "pigment"), due to its deep-yellow color. Orpiment once was widely used in artworks, medicine, and other applications. This substance is toxic and difficult to conserve, and is no longer popular in the Western world.
