AGATE | AMETHYST | BLOODSTONE | CARNELIAN | CITRINE | FLUORITE | GARNET | HEMATITE | IOLITE | JADE | JASPER | LAPIS LAZULI | MALACHITE | MOONSTONE | MOSS_AGATE | PEARL | PERIDOT | QUARTZ | SODALITE | TIGER_EYE | TOURMALINE | TURQUOISE |
HEALING PROPERTIES:
Brings harmony into one's life and attracts money. Malachite was considered
a valuable talisman for children and it was thought to protect the wearer from
falls and warned them of impending danger by breaking into several pieces. This
stone is a deeply cleansing emotional body stone and is used to release negative/painful
emotions, protects against psychic attacks and others negativity. It absorbs
this negativity and should be cleansed after each session. It can bring things
out that are buried within someone. Malachite is also about change, and it is
a great stone for those who do not like change in their lives, because it allows
for an easy transition to take place. It relieves any congestion in the body
and helps with confusion and lack of purpose and insecurity. It is helpful in
the treatment of rheumatism, immune, and also in regularizing menstruation.
Used in the treatment of asthma, toothache. Improves eyesight an immune system.
PHYSICAL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES:
Malachite is an opaque, banded stone, the colors in the bands range from a very
light green to almost deep green. It is a semi-precious stone and also a valuable
copper ore, hydrous copper carbonate [Cu2CO3(OH)2
] It is responsible for the green color of tarnished copper and bronze. Because
of its distinctive bright green color and its presence in the weathered zone
of nearly all copper deposits, malachite serves as a prospecting guide for that
metal. Malachite has been used as an ornamental stone and as a gemstone.
Malachite |
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Chemical Formula | Cu2CO3(OH)2 | Hardness | 4.00 |
Specific Gravity | 3.80 | Refractive Index | 1.85 |
ORIGIN HISTORY:
Malachite derives its name from Greek word malakos meaning soft. According to
another theory the word malachite comes from Greek malhe, which means grass.
Mining Malachite began as early as 4000 BC by ancient Egyptians. In the Middle
ages, malachite was worn to protect from black magic and sorcery. In Ancient
Greece amulets for children were made of malachite. In the New Stone Age came
the discovery of the possibility of extracting certain metals from the ores in
which they generally occur. Probably the first such material to be used was
malachite, then already in use as a cosmetic and easily reduced to copper in a
strong fire. It is impossible to be precise about the time and place of this
discovery, but its consequences were tremendous. Namely it led to the search for
other metallic ores, to the development of metallurgy.