The Malachite Box nuggets. The story of the brothers is continued in "The Snake Trail" (alternative translation: "The Serpent's Trail"), published in 1939. In this "skaz", a young the factory worker Stepan meets the legendary Mistress of the Copper Mountain. He passes her tests and is rewarded by a malachite casket filled with jewellery for his betrothed, Nastyona. Stepan dies, leaving the Malachite Casket to his widow Nastyona. Their daughter Tanyushka likes to play with it. With black hair and green eyes, Tanyushka does not look like her mother at all, as if she was born to different parents. When she grows up,
Italian submarine Malachite Crete, "Malachite" sighted a British cruiser escorted by a destroyer. She launched two torpedoes at the target, but they both missed her by the stern. From 3 to 14 July 1941 she patrolled north of Ras Azzaz. At 20:00 on July 3 "Malachite" sighted a large cruiser (possibly ) escorted by two destroyers, and immediately launched a torpedo. There was an explosion heard, but there is no reports of this attack in British post-war documents, although some believe an escort was hit. From September 25 to October 5 1941 she patrolled off Ras Aamer. From January 20 to 27, 1942