Recent Examples on the WebScheele’s Green – was achieved through use of copper arsenite. Rosalind Jana, refinery29.com, 28 Jan. 2020 Inorganic compounds such as copper arsenite, also called Scheele’s green, lent a coveted hue to some wallpapers and paints. Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 19 May 2018
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French arsénite, from arsenic arsenic entry 1 + -ite -ite entry 2