DRY PIGMENT, REALGAR 10g
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Description
Condition: New.
Natural Realgar Pigment fine grane is suitable for use in paints,tempera, lacquers, and inks.
Origin and History
Realgar is an historical pigment having been found as early as the fourteenth century B.C. as lumps of raw pigment in an Egyptian tomb.
It is a natural mineral of arsenic sulfide, usually described as orange red to orange yellow, and is designated as strong orange-yellow in Munsell notation 9.1YR 7.1/11.6. Realgar gets its name from the Arabic words for \"powder of the mine\" (rahj al ghar).
Source
It is usually found in mineral deposits of calcite along with orpiment and sometimes with other sulfide minerals, such as cinnabar. Excellent specimens of realgar were discovered in cavities of dolomite in Binnentale, Switzerland, and in calcite voids in Mercur, Utah, U.S. It exhibits an intense orange red color with a scintillating quality of the coarse ground pigment.
Warning! Realgar is a highly toxic arsenic sulfide and was the only pure orange pigment until modern chrome orange. It should not be used for cosmetic purposes.
COMPARE PRICES AMONG THE ART SUPPLIERS OF DRY PIGMENT , AND YOU WILL NOT FIND BETTER VALUE THAN THIS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD! THIS IS NATURAL PREMIUM QUALITY PIGMENT.
Standard postage in Ireland and NI 50g =0.95
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