Talk:Orpiment

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Is there any more information on the toxicity of this? removed this text

Mixed with two parts of slaked lime, orpiment is still very commonly used in rural India as a depilatory. It is also used in tanning industry to remove hair from hides.

from the entry on realgar, and have reinserted a similar text here.--King Hildebrand 14:05, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

interlanguage link.

there should be a link to the Chinese article, 雄黄, on zh.wikipedia.org —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.6.229.150 (talk) 23:35, 8 December 2006 (UTC).

I think this sentence is grammatically incorrect;

  Because of its striking color, it was also a favourite with alchemists searching for a way to make gold, both in China and the West.

The parenthetical clause should be such that its exclusion leaves a correct sentence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.25.106.174 (talk) 05:13, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Formation from realgar?

There's a conflict with the entry on realgar, which states that realgar decomoses to pararealgar, and NOT to orpiment. The identification of the product as orpiment has been deemed incorrect, according to the realgar page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.173.53.167 (talk) 22:40, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Sample picture of use as a pigment?

Can we get an example of something (like a painting) where orpiment was used as a pigment? Lockesdonkey (talk) 14:50, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

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