malachite

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  1. noun A light to dark green carbonate mineral, Cu2CO3(OH)2, used as a source of copper and for ornamental stoneware.

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  • She fished her pouch for a malachite, then brought forth its powers of levitations, lifting her over the prow and forecastle. —  IMMORTALIS
  • Bianucci said that malachite was a more common green mineral in early Egypt, since chrysocolla ores were limited to very few in the Sinai and the Eastern Egyptian Desert. —  dailyindia.com News Feed
  • Miss Merington said it's malachite, and I haven't the least idea how to spell that Fairly caught!" —  Marjorie's Busy Days
  • "I see by your honest eyes that you really don't know how to spell malachite, and it is a hard word. —  Marjorie's Busy Days
  • It is inlaid with turquoise, malachite, and lapis-lazuli, and sparkles with precious stones At the farther side of this court, another pair of towers and another gateway lead you into the second court. —  Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt
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  1. Middle English melochite, from Latin molochītes, from Greek molokhītis, from malakhē, molokhē, mallow, of Semitic origin; see mlḥ in Semitic roots.

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  1. = French malachite = Spanish malaquita: so called as resembling in color the petal of a mallow (cf. mauve, mallow-color); from Latin malache (also moloche), from Greek μαλάχη, a mallow: see mallow and -ite.
 

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/ˈmæləkaɪt/
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