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.
â z7sg Ñ« Jul 26 '11 at 17:18. See word-detective.com/052003.html and phrases.org.uk/meanings/bane-of-your-life.html â Theta30 Jul 26 '11 at 17:23. @z7sg: the phrase is very old and means essentially the same thing as doom or nemesis -- it relates to fate, not necessarily to a pre-existing state of death. â bye Jul 26 '11 at 21:02.