realgar

See also: Realgar and réalgar

English

Realgar

Etymology

Old English [Term?], from Medieval Latin [Term?], from Arabic رَهْج اَلْغَار‎ (rahj al-ḡār, literally “cave dust”).

Noun

realgar (usually uncountable, plural realgars)

(mineralogy) A mineral, arsenic sulfide (As S), often associated with orpiment and stibnite in lead, silver and gold ores.

Derived terms

pararealgar

Translations

mineral

Arabic: رَهَج اَلْغَار‎ m (rahaj al-ḡār)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雄黃 (zh), 雄黄 (zh) (xiónghuáng)
Finnish: realgaari
German: Realgar n, Rubinschwefel m, rotes Schwefelarsenik n, rote Arsenblende f, Rauschrot n
Italian: realgar m
Japanese: 鶏冠石 (けいかんせき, keikanseki)

Latin: risigallum n, rissigallum n
Russian: реальга́р (ru) m (realʹgár)
Spanish: rejalgar m
Swedish: realgar
Tagalog: batikos

See also

Further reading

“Realgar” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“realgar”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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