<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">orpiment</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>pararealgar</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>realgar</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>vergaut</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>king&apos;s yellow</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>inorganic yellow pigment</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>arsenblende</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>arsenikon</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>auripigmento</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>auripigmentum</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>orpigment</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sunflower yellow</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>yellow orpiment</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ A soft, yellow mineral composed of arsenic trisulfide that occurs naturally in volcanic fumaroles, hydrothermal veins, hot springs, and as a decomposition product of realgar. It changes to a red crystalline form at 170 C. Orpiment was used from ancient times as a pigment in painting, in manuscript illumination, and polychrome sculpture, having good tinting strength, but not permanent and toxic. King's yellow is the synthetic counterpart. ]]></note></mads>