Talk:Realgar

Orpiment is not realgar

I have removed the following 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.

and placed an edited version in the entry for orpiment.--King Hildebrand 14:01, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

I have expanded the brief mention of the pyrotechnic uses of realgar, and clarified the obsolesence of a previously mentioned use.Bert2368 05:31, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Sandarac

Was realgar made from the sandarac tree's resin?--عبد المؤمن (talk) 20:06, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

No. While the mineral realgar (red arsenic sulphide) and later red lead as well were called "sandarach" in the past, the plant resin was sometimes distinguished as Arabian Sandarach. NRPanikker (talk) 01:28, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

To add to the "Occurrence" section

If it's found in China, Peru, and the Philippines, why not add a mention of that to the "Occurrence" section? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 22:17, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Reference for "repel snakes" comment

The article states "it was sprinkled around houses to repel snakes and insects, as well as being used in Chinese medicine.[13]"

There is only two occurrences of the word "snake" in the reference [13] and both instances reference the use of Orpiment for snake bites. Only one occurrence of "insect" is present referring to the use of Orpiment for insect stings. Nowhere can I find any reference to sprinkling Realgar around to repel snakes and insects. Perhaps the reference [13] is for the Chinese medicine comment and not the the sprinkling comment, in which case there should be a reference for that comment. It is quite a fundamental claim to claim that there is a written record of Realgar being used as an insecticide or insect repellent, so this would be very interesting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.65.154.51 (talk) 14:05, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

I removed the snakes part. Most of the "uses" section is suspect in my opinion. Realgar is so insoluble that even its toxicity is questionable. Bottom line: realgar is a minor ore of As, its pretty, and that's all there is.--Smokefoot (talk) 16:32, 6 December 2022 (UTC)