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.
Bane is a villain from the Batman series, powered by a machine on his back that infects his body with Venom. He once managed to break Batman's spine which makes him the only villain ever to, literally, break Batman. Bane is one of Batman's most physically and mentally formidable foes.