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 This natural form of green pigment has been replaced by its synthetic form, verditer, among other synthetic greens.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 Adveyeva sung the Mistress of the Copper Mountain (mezzo-soprano), Dina Potapovskaya sung Katya (coloratura soprano). The 1954 ballet "The Tale of the Stone Flower" was created by Sergei Prokofiev. "Skazy", also called "The Stone Flower", was the 1987 play of the Maly Theatre. A lot of Soviet and Russian composers drew inspiration from "The Malachite Box". The suite "Skazy" was created by Grigory Frid in 1948. Alexey Muravlev based his symphonic poem "Mount Azov" (1949) on the tale "Beloved Name". In 1979 Margarita Kesareva created a series of piano pieces "Ural Book" (Уральская тетрадь), which included the movement "The Bear