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)

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

Derived terms

• pararealgar

Translations

mineral

• Arabic: رَهَج اَلْغَار m (rahaj al-ḡār)
• Bengali: মনঃশিলা (monoḥśila), মনছাল (monchal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雄黃／雄黄 (zh) (xiónghuáng), 雄黄 (zh) (xiónghuáng)

• Finnish: realgaari
• Galician: rosalgar m
• German: Realgar n, Rubinschwefel m, rotes Schwefelarsenik n, rote Arsenblende f, Rauschrot n
• Greek:

  Ancient: σανδαράκη f (sandarákē)

• Gujarati: મનશિલ (manśil)
• Hindi: मैनसिल (hi) (mainsil)
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• Italian: realgar m
• Japanese: 鶏冠石 (けいかんせき, keikanseki)
• Latin: risigallum n, rissigallum n
• Manchu: ᠠᠮᡳᡥᡡᠨ (amihūn)
• Oriya: ମନଛାଲ (or) (manachāla)
• Russian: реальга́р (ru) m (realʹgár)
• Sanskrit: मनःशिला (sa) (manaḥśilā)
• Spanish: rejalgar m
• Swedish: realgar
• Tagalog: batikos
• Tamil: மனோசிலை (ta) (maṉōcilai)

See also

• orpiment
• cinnabar

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Realgar”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “realgar”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.