Malachite

Wikipedia describes malachite as a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral, bright green, dark green or blackish green. Hall describes concentric light and dark bands and rosettes, often tumbled or polished. Cunningham gives the folk name Malaku, the planet Venus and the element earth, and records the lore that it warns of peril. He uses it for protecting children and travellers, for love, for tranquillity and sleep, and for business. Hall calls it an important protection stone and associates it with grounding spiritual energies, transformation, enhancing intuition, supporting friendships, balance and harmony, and stimulating dreams. Hall states that malachite is toxic and gives handling cautions, which the safety note records. Hall also names malachite with chrysocolla, which is not covered here.