Malachite the colour green (wadj) was associated with death and the power of resurrection as well as new life and fertility. Ancient Egyptians believed that the afterlife contained an eternal paradise which resembled their lives but with no pain or suffering, and referred to this place as the ‘Field of Malachite’. Malachite was used as a mineral pigment in green paints from antiquity until about 1800. The pigment is moderately lightfast, very sensitive to acids, and varying in color. This natural form of green pigment has been replaced by its synthetic form, verditer, among other synthetic greens. Malachite is also used
The Malachite Box a crown, as did Yekaterinburg's coat of arms from 1973 to 1991. The early design of Polevskoy's coat of arms (1981) had an image of the Stone Flower. The current version, as well as the flag of the town, features the Mistress depicted as the golden lizard. The Malachite Casket became the symbol of the Urals. "The Malachite Box" is constantly republished, commented and illustrated. Not all stories are equally popular nowadays. The most popular tales were written between 1936 and 1939. Among the later stories, "A Fragile Twig" (1940), "The Fire-Fairy" (1940), "Tayutka's Mirror" (1941), "Ivanko Krylatko" (1943), "That