malachite

noun

mal·a·chite ˈma-lə-ˌkīt

: a green mineral that is a basic carbonate of copper used especially for making ornamental objects

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Stephanie Brown, owner of Ox & Pine Leather Goods Co., sells valet trays, mouse pads, leather journals, belts, wallets and bags. Verdante Studio makes handcrafted jewelry with gemstones such as labradorite, garnet and malachite. —

Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 2 May 2023 The caseback of one is set with a 25.38-carat Zambian emerald cut in Piaget’s signature oval shape—the dial side is made of malachite. —

Carol Besler, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2023 There were sort of huge malachite vases, but there also lots of foods from around the world, drinks from around the world. —

Quartz Staff, Quartz, 2 May 2023 Conceived as wearable art, the works applied earlier sculptural ideas to gold jewelry;The Occulist was originally created in 1944 out of a plank of wood, doweling, string and a broken pane of glass; Man Ray has applied the theme in gold and malachite to be worn as a brooch. —

Kate Matthams, Forbes, 3 May 2022 The 25-meter semi-olympic pool is lined with mosaics created from a myriad shades of emerald, jade and malachite. —

Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021 Add flowers to their bath instead of a vase, with this soothing and restorative bath milk that features a blend of shea butter, green tea oil, jasmine, and plumeria, plus gem deposits from malachite and quartz. —

Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Feb. 2023 The other central element in the Perlée collection is a pop of color in the form of ornamental, opaque stones, including turquoise, black onyx, green malachite, carnelian, lapis lazuli, coral or mother-of-pearl. —

Carol Besler, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2022 Some, such as deep green malachite, stably formed only after bacteria began exhaling oxygen on early Earth. —

Fionna M. D. Samuels, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2022 See More

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