About Malachite Crystal Stone

Malachite is a copper carbonate mineral. It is a low hardness but beautiful stone, very popular in the design concept of various luxury goods in Europe and the United States, there are many jewelry design elements using this linear green texture, unique and interesting.

Malachite is more often used as an ornamental stone because of its special pattern, and its complex growth lines bring a sense of beauty that is difficult to replicate, and even some high quality malachite stones can have a collection value without being made into carvings.

Several malachite analogues appear in the market mainly artificial material imitation malachite and synthetic malachite.

Counterfeit malachite is generally made of plastic imitation products, identification characteristics are more intuitive, from the appearance of the color band basically the same color, appear obvious border. The texture gives the first impression that it looks frivolous, and it feels even lighter in weight when you get it in your hand.

  • Real natural malachite beads

  • Fake artificial malachite

The most difficult to distinguish is synthetic malachite, which is very similar to natural malachite in all aspects: color, chemical composition and luster, and even the typical concentric circles and stripes that natural malachite has. However, the green pattern of natural malachite varies in shade, intensity or lightness, unlike synthetic malachite, which does not have a flexible gradation effect, the pattern is the same shade in a circle, and can be recognized most of the time.

  • Real natural malachite

  • Synthetic malachite