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.
A mannequin of Bane from The Dark Knight Rises. Bane was originally a comic book character and Batman's adversary, but has appeared in several other forms of media. He has been portrayed by Robert Swenson in Batman & Robin, and by Tom Hardy in the The Dark Knight Rises, where he serves as the film's central antagonist.