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 This natural form of green pigment has been replaced by its synthetic form, verditer, among other synthetic greens.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 Fairy Tale" (), based on "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain". Based on "Marko's Hill", Klara Katsman created the operetta "Mark Beregovik" (), which premiered in Sverdlovsk in 1955. Lyubov Nikolskaya composed the children's opera "Silver Hoof" based on the story of the same name in 1959. Vladimir Goryachikh composed the ballet "The Living Stone" () based on "Sinyushka's Well", which premiered in Nizhny Tagil in 1965. The 1973 opera "The Fire Maid" (based on "The Fire-Fairy") for schools was composed by Robert Long, with story adapted and lyrics by Dorothy Gulliver The 2012 opera "The Malachite Casket", based on