Archeological evidence indicates that the mineral has been mined and smelted to obtain copper at Timna Valley in Israel for over 3,000 years. Since then, malachite has been used as both an ornamental stone and as a gemstone.
Definition of bane. 1a obsolete : killer, slayerb : poisonc : death, destruction stop the way of those that seek my bane â Philip Sidneyd : woe. 2 : a source of harm or ruin : curse national frontiers have been more of a bane than a boon for mankind â D. C. Thomson.
monâ¢ster /ËmÉnstÉ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]. adj. [before a noun]. See-mon-. 1  Pathologyany animal or human that is different from a normal shape or character; any creature ugly enough to frighten people:monsters of myth and legend. 2  one who causes horror by wickedness, cruelty, etc.:Those monsters slaughter innocent people! 3  any animal or thing huge in size.