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See also:ORPIMENT (auripigmentum)
, See also:arsenic trisulphide, As2S3, or yellow See also:realgar (q.v.), occurring in small quantities as a See also:mineral crystallizing in the rhombic See also:system and of a brilliant See also:golden-yellow See also:colour in Bohemia, See also:Peru, &c
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For See also:industrial purposes an artificial See also:orpiment is manufactured by subliming one See also:part of See also:sulphur with two of arsenic trioxide
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The sublimate varies in colour from yellow to red, according to the intimacy of the See also:combination of the ingredients; and by varying the relative quantities used many intermediate tones may be obtained
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These artificial preparations are highly poisonous
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