Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Getchellite is a rare sulfide of arsenic and antimony AsSbS3 that was discovered by B. G. Weissberg of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1963 and approved as a new species by the International Mineralogical Association in 1965. Many metal sulfides are grey to black but a few are brightly colored. Orpiment is yellow to brownish gold cinnabar is deep red and getchellite is a bright orange red.
