Malachite
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Carbonate
- Crystal system
- Monoclinic
- Hardness
- Medium (3 to 5.5)
- Colour
- Green
- Lustre
- Glassy, Silky
- Use
- Jewellery, Ore
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Ancient Egyptians ground malachite into green pigment and used it as eye paint.
- The name comes from the Greek word for the mallow plant, whose leaves have the same green.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q164411 · All stones · All entries