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malachite (màl´e-kìt´) noun
A light to dark green carbonate mineral, Cu2CO3(OH)2, used as a source of copper and for ornamental stoneware.

[Middle English melochite, from Latin molochìtes, from Greek molokhitis, from malakhê, molokhê, mallow.]

greenness: jade, emerald, malachite, beryl, aquamarine, olivine, peridot, chrysoprase, verd antique

green copper carbonate mineral Cu2CO3(OH)2, found in  crystal and, more commonly, massive form. It is used as a GEM, a COPPER source, and, when ground, a pigment.   It occurs associated with other copper ores in the U.S., Chile, Russia, Zimbabwe, Zaïre, and Australia.

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