Yes, but in Florence malachite is much cheaper still. From Wordnik.com. [Jenny: A Novel] Reference
She replied, 'It is for my jewel of new malachite which is fallen in the water.'. From Wordnik.com. [Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty] Reference
She replied, ‘It is for my jewel of new malachite which is fallen in the water.’. From Wordnik.com. [Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings] Reference
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.". From Wordnik.com. [Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty] Reference
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.”. From Wordnik.com. [Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings] Reference
She brought them down easily, releasing the malachite. From Wordnik.com. [Immortalis]
Jade mirrors are suspended near the tower of malachite. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
The malachite clock on the mantel-piece was striking two. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
He looked at the hands of the malachite clock on the mantel. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
The bowl stands four feet in diameter from a single slab of malachite. From Wordnik.com. [the delicate nature of malachite] Reference
On the backs of their necks, a giant malachite bowl spans four feet across. From Wordnik.com. [the delicate nature of malachite] Reference
Two more of the softer materials, malachite and azurite, remain to be described. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
By treating the natural malachite green with an alkali, it may be converted into blue. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
Presently she went into her room and brought me a set of malachite, in exquisite cameo-cuttings. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863] Reference
It was a small, but costly cabinet of malachite marble, exquisitely mounted in silver, and had been. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
They are difficult to distinguish, as they are generally coated, or soiled at least, with malachite. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882] Reference
Lapis lazuli, malachite, and jasper were used largely, as well as bloodstones, onyx, and Rosso Antico. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
In places the chalcopyrite has been changed to the delicate green carbonate of copper called malachite. From Wordnik.com. [The Western United States A Geographical Reader] Reference
On the tabernacle of the altar, in gold and malachite, on the screen of the altar, with its pilasters of. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Also, I really love that -- I think it was a malachite necklace you had on yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 22, 2008] Reference
Copper in the ore as malachite, and in metal and manufactured forms, is one of the principal features of the court. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.] Reference
Copper is found near Cape Teulada, and at other places, and in one of the mines beautiful specimens of malachite occur. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
He checked the tripod and the carved malachite charm that generated the spell of couverture around his private chambers. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
A lamp of green malachite stood on a carved pedestal; there was a deer hunt, with many horsemen, painted round the walls. From Wordnik.com. [The King Must Die]
You pass hundreds of shops of malachite and lapis-lazuli, and a variety of gold and silver work and precious stones from the. From Wordnik.com. [Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers] Reference
(Petruschky), 195 malachite green agar (Loeffler), 207 malt extract solution (Herschell), 196 milk, 172 rice (Eisenberg), 189. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
She fished her pouch for a malachite, then brought forth its powers of levitations, lifting her over the prow and forecastle. From Wordnik.com. [Immortalis]
Lapis-lazuli with gold veinings, malachite, coral, alabaster, and rare marbles superseded the smalts and gold of an elder day. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
The crystals are generally about a quarter of an inch to a half of an inch in diameter, and found inside the masses of malachite. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882] Reference
A clock ticked loudly on the mantel; she looked at it, around her at the shadows of two beautiful marbles on pedestals of malachite. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
The visitor can see to-day, in every one of their dwarf palaces, some of his malachite vases, or porcelain bowls, or porphyry columns. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862] Reference
It dissolves in acids like malachite, but without effervescence, if it be freed from that mineral, and acts the same before the blowpipe. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882] Reference
He also assembled minerals and precious stones -- malachite, lapis lazuli, gold, silver and copper -- to pigment the ink and light the illustrations. From Wordnik.com. [America's Book Of Kells] Reference
He met her gaze and the malachite-colored muscles of his eyes flashed open like gussets and instantly closed, leaving nothing but a uniform yellow-brown iris. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Incarnations and One Thousand Deaths - Part I] Reference
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