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Malachite - Mohs 3.5-4
 Find Malachite Jewelry
A dark green to light green stone that normally has wonderful banding patterns. The color comes from copper and you will often find malachite intergrown with other colorful copper ores such as chrysocolla, azurite, and cuprite.
A lot of the malachite I have purchased has come from Africa and a lot of the malachite combinations I have purchased come from the Southwestern US. It is found in many places around the world.
Malachite was popular for jewelry with the Egyptians, Greek, and Romans and remains popular today. It is a soft stone though and does require some TLC.
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