This great Malachite has very nice colors. This beauty measures 3 inches long by 2 5/8 inches wide by 1 3/8 inches thick.
Malachite, with its beautiful, rich green color, leaves no doubt of its importance as a jewel. Its opaque strength and power demands respect, mesmerizing the viewer. Yet the movement, flow and energy in its lines, circles and designs soothe and Welcome. It is spiritually iviting. Malachite personifies the deep healing green of nature and represents the innate beauty of flowers, trees, roots and plants. It manifests a deep green which rules the material plane. It is a Stone of Transformation, assisting one in changing situations and providing for spiritual growth. It heals on energetic and emotional levels, drawing out impurities and stimulating the Life Force throughout the aura and body.
Malachite is a carbonate of copper, sometimes intergrown with Azurite, forming Malachite-Azurite, or with Chrysocolla, forming Malachite-Chrysoclla. Inherent in Malachite is lighter green eye-shaped forms or bands on its surface. These "eye stones," believed to enhance great visionary powers, were used to ward off negative happenings. Some practitioners have used Malachite in meditations to get in touch with the Earth Mother. They were stones of security and protection for children, and their most remarkable association today is the ability to warn of impending danger by breaking into pieces. Malachite is a protection stone, absorbing negative energies and pollutants from the atmosphere.
