malachite
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Rearing the snails - as well as other critically endangered invertebrates such as scarlet malachite beetles, ladybird spiders and tadpole shrimp - has become a family affair.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Detailed testing is still underway, but the material resembles malachite, a copper-rich mineral that can be processed to produce copper.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026
Unassuming from the outside, the shop opens into a huge ark of mortar-crusted brick and ribcage-like beams, with long dining tables displaying shapely vases, pitchers, teacups and plates in shades of apricot, amber and malachite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
They come in three fresh designs: malachite, mushrooms and what’s being called a graphic version of wicker.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2024
Straight beneath the rail the wake is an upheaval of gems, sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds, always instantly melting in the sun, always fusing and fleeting in swift coils of malachite and chrysoprase, but never gone.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
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