Arsenic

Arsenic is often times confused for the native form of antimony. A lot of the tests are the same and it is linked with the same type of minerals. The color of arsenic is tin white and it has a crystal structure that is very alike antimony. The way to differentiate them is by heating them. In a flame antimony will form into a metallic blob whereas arsenic won’t. Both of these minerals will let off a thick white smoke but arsenic can be recognized because it gives off sort of a garlicky smell and antimony does not have any odor. Be careful though because arsenic smoke is poisonous and these types of tests should not be done by someone who does not have experience, it should be done by a professional only. Big masses of arsenic have been found Arizona. Its luster is metallic; it has a hardness of 3.5, and a specific gravity of 5.7. Arsenic has an extensive range of uses in quite a few industries. It is used in the manufacture of arsenic compounds, in preparing hardened lead shot, it is also utilized in alloys used for the production of boiler tubes, insecticides and weed-killers, as well as in the electronics industry in the manufacture of semiconductors.