antimony pentasulfide

[ pen-tuh-suhl-fahyd ]

/ ˌpɛn təˈsʌl faɪd /

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a deep-yellow, water-insoluble powder, Sb2S5, used chiefly as a pigment in oil and water colors.

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The industries include brewing, saw-milling, lace-making and antimony mining and founding.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
They do so even yet, and when antimony was administered there was no doubt about its working.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine|James J. Walsh
Cats attacked in this way are called, by the natives, azorochados, and antimony is alleged to be the cause of the distemper.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi
Antimonialis, L. Pertaining to, composed of, or containing antimony.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley