SnS2

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mosaic \Mo*sa"ic\, a.
     Of or pertaining to the style of work called mosaic; formed
     by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated;
     tessellated; also, composed of various materials or
     ingredients.
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           A very beautiful mosaic pavement.        --Addison.
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     {Florentine mosaic}. See under {Florentine}.
  
     {Mosaic gold}.
     (a) See {Ormolu}.
     (b) Stannic sulphide, {SnS2}, obtained as a yellow scaly
         crystalline powder, and used as a pigment in bronzing and
         gilding wood and metal work. It was called by the
         alchemists {aurum musivum}, or {aurum mosaicum}. Called
         also {bronze powder}.
  
     {Mosaic work}. See {Mosaic}, n.
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