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