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Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral distinguished by its opaque, vivid green colour and characteristic banded patterns, often featuring concentric circles and swirling light and dark green layers. This fibrous structure gives it a silky to vitreous lustre. It has been used historically for carvings, ornamental objects, and as a pigment. Due to its striking appearance, it is a popular choice for statement jewellery, though its softness requires careful setting and wear.

Malachite is known as the "Stone of Transformation and Protection." It is a highly potent stone that absorbs negative energies and pollutants from the atmosphere and the body, making it a powerful protective agent. It is a catalyst for deep emotional transformation, encouraging risk-taking, adventure, and the breaking of unwanted patterns. Malachite brings hidden feelings and truths to the surface for healing, helping the user recognise and move past emotional blockages and past trauma.

Hardness: 3.5 to 4 on the Mohs scale (it is a soft mineral and easily scratched; care must be taken).

Chakra: Primarily the Heart Chakra (for healing and compassion) and the Solar Plexus Chakra (for willpower and transformation).

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio, Capricorn, and Taurus.

Benefits: Provides powerful absorption of negative energy and pollution, facilitates deep emotional transformation and release of trauma, encourages risk-taking and positive change, aids in revealing and clearing emotional blockages, and promotes courage and self-expression.

Source: Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo, the main source), Australia, Russia, Zambia, USA.

How to use Malachite

Place it in your home: Keep a piece in areas where you want to absorb pollution or negative energy, such as near a door or by a window. Do not keep it in the bedroom unless you are actively using it for deep emotional work.

Meditate with it: Place the stone directly on the Solar Plexus or Heart Chakra during meditation to accelerate emotional healing, bringing deeply buried issues to the surface for swift resolution and release.

Carry it: Carry a piece when you are breaking old patterns or embarking on a major life change to draw on its courage-instilling and protective, transformative energy.

Wear it: As jewellery (a pendant over the heart is common) to provide continuous protection and encourage the courage needed for personal growth, but wear with care due to its softness.

Use for protection: Place the stone near your computer or in your car to help absorb negative environmental energy and electromagnetic pollution.