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malachite
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malachite

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Definition:
a green-colored, copper carbonate mineral

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When the lively French clock on the mantelpiece—a base of malachite surmounted by a flying bronze Mercury with its arms spread gracefully in the air,

Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Mademmoiselle Olympe Zabriski
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looking at her table, with the malachite blotting case lying at the top and an unfinished letter,

Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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Bidding on silent auction items—laser hair removal, a malachite cuff, a hot-air balloon ride—not because I really wanted them but because they seemed like "good deals."

Emily Giffin. The One & Only, p.90 (2014)
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