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n. - A green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects.

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Usage examples (34)
  • Yes, but in Florence malachite is much cheaper still.
  • She replied, 'It is for my jewel of new malachite which is fallen in the water.'
  • She replied, ‘It is for my jewel of new malachite which is fallen in the water.’
  • And I said to her, "Wherefore rowest thou not?" and she answered to me, "It is for my jewel of new malachite which is fallen in the water."
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