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malachite

[mal-uh-kahyt] / ˈmæl əˌkaɪt /


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The farm also breeds exotic species like malachites, which are typically found in Central and South America, but range all the way to parts of Texas and South Florida. 

From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2015

Some malachites contain so much as 50 per cent., and others less pure, 30 to 40 per cent. of copper.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 by Chambers, Robert

They walked together through the long ranges of apartments, the close ranks of men prostrating themselves as they passed, until they struck with their foreheads the malachites wrought into the tessellated floor.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 by Various

Then there are all my corals and malachites just good for nothing.

From Gypsy's Cousin Joy by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart




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