Orpiment - Obelisk Size:Medium this material features tightly packed

this material features tightly packed

Its soothing

and the fascination with amber continues today

pale green-grey

The individual crystals are generally opaque to translucent

Orpiment - Obelisk Size:Medium this material features tightly packedMined from: Russia Description: Orpiment is a deep coloured, orange yellow arsenic sulfide Mineral. Orpiment takes its name from the Latin words aurum and pigmentum which mean gold pigment due to it's deep yellow colour. Orpiment has a very striking appearance, however; it is very toxic and was used by the Roman Empire to poison arrow heads. It has also been discovered in decorations of Tuatankhamun's tomb in Egypt as well as the walls of the Taj