malachite
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1. malachite - Noun
2. malachite - Adjective
Meaning
Native hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in green mammillary masses with concentric fibrous structure.
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Of all the colors I ordered: the three chromes, the Prussian blue, the emerald, the crimson lakes, the malachite green, all the orange lead, hardly one of them is to be found on the Dutch palette, in Maris, in Mauve or Israels - [all contemporaries of Vincent, Dutch painters of the Hague School. ].
Copper was the most important metal for toolmaking in ancient Egypt and was smelted in furnaces from malachite ore mined in the Sinai.
Giorgio Armani imagined this limited edition red version of Malachite eau de parfum to create a tension between warmth and power on one hand, and cool fragility on the other.
At first, Egyptians used the bright green malachite stones for ornamentations and pottery.
Made of 18 karat gold with a malachite base, it stands 36.8 centimeters high and weighs 6.1 kilograms. citation The trophy was made by Stabilimento Artistico Bertoni company in Italy.
Palettes of green facial makeup, made with malachite, were found in tombs.