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.
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger. 2. any of various similar or related animals. 3. Slang. a scoundrel. 4. Slang. a person who abandons or betrays his or her party or associates, especially in a time of trouble.