In China and Japan, realgar served as a raw material for jewelry crafts at the beginning of the 20th century, despite its toxicity.

This name was given to a natural mineral with a high arsenic content, as well as a bright golden or lemon-yellow paint based on it.

[3]: 21 The purity and brightness of color, rare for nature, combined with the diamond lustre of the mineral, often deceived ignorant people.

Nevertheless, the phrase has remained alive and relevant to this day in the study of the history of mineralogy, and also as one of the striking examples of minerals included in the group of blendes.

[6]: 93 In addition, another widely known ore mineral, which in its chemical composition belongs to a different group, has a similar trivial name: