Description
RED ORPIMENT
Orpiment is a deep-colored, orange-yellow arsenic sulfide mineral with formula As2S3.
- Orpiment is used in the production of infrared-transmitting glass, oil cloth, linoleum, semiconductors, photoconductors, pigments, and fireworks.
- Mixed with two parts of slaked lime, orpiment is still commonly used in rural India as a depilatory. It is used in the tanning industry to remove hair from hides.
- Exposure to this mineral can potentially lead to death. Orpiment is another arsenic sulfide mineral with a stunning orange-yellow color.
- The arsenic, especially if it is allowed to oxidize, will lead to arsenic poisoning if handled incorrectly.
Orpiment is mainly used externally
- louse-killer.
- A cure for scabies.
- For snake bites.
- Insect stings.
- Skin diseases.
