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O0126800 (ôr′pə-mənt)n. Arsenic trisulfide, As₂S₃, a yellow mineral used as a pigment.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin auripigmentum : aurum, gold + pigmentum, pigment; see pigment.]

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(ˈɔːpɪmənt) n (Minerals) a yellow mineral consisting of arsenic trisulphide in monoclinic crystalline form occurring in association with realgar: it is an ore of arsenic. Formula: As2S3[C14: via Old French from Latin auripigmentum gold pigment]

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orpiment - a yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenicAs, atomic number 33, arsenic - a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgarmineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition

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[′ȯr·pə·mənt] (mineralogy) As₂S₃ A lemon-yellow mineral, crystallizing in the monoclinic system, and generally occurring in foliated or columnar masses; luster is resinous and pearly on the cleavage surface, hardness is 1.5-2 on Mohs scale, and specific gravity is 3.49. Also known as yellow arsenic.

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arsenic trisulfide, AS2S3. Orpiment contains 60.91 percent arsenic and 39.09 percent sulfur. It has a monoclinic system. The crystals are prismatic; rodlike and columnar aggregates, as well as powdery, nodular, and clustered bodies, are characteristic. Orpiment is easily cut with a knife. Its color ranges from golden- and lemon-yellow to orange-yellow, sometimes brownish. Its luster is oily to diamondlike; on the cleavage planes it is like mother-of-pearl, semimetallic, and tarnishes rapidly. Its hardness on the mineralogical scale is 1.5–2. Its density is 3,490 kg per cu m. It is soluble in aqua regia and bases. It is a nonconductor and diamagnetic. During heating it becomes red. Orpiment is found in low-temperature, hydrothermic deposits in association with realgar, antimony, and other substances, as well as in deposits of hot mineral springs and in volcanic encrustations. It is the raw material from which arsenic compounds are obtained.

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An arsenic sulfur compound; used in paints as a yellow pigment.

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noun a yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar

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