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 person bores a hole in a cabinet door. The definition of a bore is something or someone dull and uninteresting. An example of bore is a person who only ever wants to talk about his pet iguana and nothing else. To bore is defined as to drill holes in something or make a hole in something.