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dimorphite

[ dahy-mawr-fahyt ]

noun

  1. a mineral, arsenic sulfide, As 4 S 3 , yellow-orange in color and similar in its properties to orpiment.


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Origin of dimorphite1

First recorded in 1850–55; dimorph + -ite 1

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