Minerals - Pararealgar - English Italian Hand

"Realgar is a soft, brittle red arsenic sulfide often found in mercury mines. When exposed to light realgar eventually disintegrates to become pararealgar, a rich orangish-yellow powdery mineral.

Just as in English Roundhand it was common in English-Italian Hand to utilize many variations of the small r, even within the same word. This word has 3 different forms of r.."

~2011, Don Marsh~
©2011 Don Marsh