Malachite Ring / Cabochon / new- 6.54 g - (1)

Ring Malachite / Cabochon / new

In 925. Sterling silver mounted.

Total weight: 32.7 ct / 6.54 g

Ring size:

U 62
UK T 1/2
US 9.9
Fr 22
Inner diameter: 19.7 mm

New and unworn

Malachite, also known as copper spar as well as emerald or copper green, is a mineral from the carbonate and nitrate class with the chemical composition Cu2[(OH)2|CO3][4]. Chemically, it is therefore a basic copper carbonate.

Malachite crystals in the monoclinic crystal system, but visible crystals with needle-like to prismatic habit are very rarely developed to the naked eye. It is usually found in massive or botryoidal, banded aggregates in pure green colors in all shades from pale to dark green.

Already Pliny the Elder (23/24–79) described malachite in his Naturalis Historia. The name, derived from the Latin molochitis, probably stems from the Greek word μαλάχη, in Classical Greek pronunciation maláchē for “mallow.” The stone’s color is said to recall the intense green of leaves.

Already in ancient Greece, in ancient Egypt, and in the Roman Empire, the mineral was extremely popular. The Egyptians carved various art objects from malachite, such as amulets and scarabs, and processed the finely ground mineral into expressive eye shadow. That malachite, contrary to earlier assumptions, was not the basis for the green used in wall paintings in ancient Egyptian tombs seems very likely based on newer research.

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