Malachite
The Stone Transformation
I remember playing Kebechet as a child,
stealing ground malachite from Mother
to green my eyelids, weight them
with the slow blink of an old goddess.
I remember bathing with my sisters,
feeling ashamed as the Nile
rose up my wading calves until
the surface caught my hips
and parted briefly beneath my penis, floating
like a dead frog across from their elegant folds…
I remember Mother saying lesser wives
find love with their first child,
wiping my eyelids clean
tough brow but gentle thumbs
never hiding the makeup
where it couldn’t be found.
Just looking at this stone, you see that there is a lot going on. Malachite, with its beautiful rich greens can be mesmerizing. The stone gets its name from Greek molochites lithos meaning “mallow-green stone”. Malachite brings to mind the deep healing greens from the earth. The layered nature of the stone reflects both movement and the flow of our lives, our personalities, our identities. This stone has eyes which can help us see through the mist of expectation to the truth of our being. Thus it is the stone of transformation. Malachite wants us to see the beauty when our emotional and physical selves can both be present. Moreover, it want to help us evolve into our own varied and complicated authenticity. If you find that your stone breaks apart, it is a warning that perhaps the charade is becoming dangerous.
Magic of Malachite
General
Element: Earth
Gender: Unknown
Sabbat: Unknown
Planet: Venus
Chakra: Heart
Zodiac: Scorpio
To Clean: Water, although it will weaken it
Birthstone: Not Applicable
Spellwork
Protect
Travel
Heal
Power
Ground
Healing
Toxicity
Electromagnetic
Women’s Health
Motion Sickness
Migraines
This stone is toxic, so do not consume the stone or breath in it’s dust. Use a polished stone only.
Customs of Malachite
Tradition
Malachite jewelry can bring balance to your highs and lows as it returns you to optimism.
Tradition
Keep this stone close when going through a transformation. It is the crysalis stone for your change to butterfly.
Science of Malachite
Geology
Name: Malachite
Family: Copper
Minerals: Copper Carbonate Hydroxide
Formula: Cu2CO3(OH)2
Strunz Classification: Carbonates
Lattice: Monoclinic
Cleavage: Perfect
Fracture: Subconchoidal
Mohs Hardness: 3.5
Color: Green, often banded
Luster: Adamantine to Vitreous
Primary Location: Russia, Australia, Africa, Americas
Sacred Story
In ancient Rome, the Goddess Juno was the patron of marriage. Although her husband was profoundly unfaithful, she was steadfast. Jupiter took as one of his lovers Io, Juno’s priestess. He transformed Io into a white cow to hide her, but Juno discovered this and put her under the watchful care of Argus Panoptes, who fastened her to an olive-tree in her sacred grove. Argus had a hundred eyes, and he never closed more than two at a time. In commemoration of this service, Juno placed his eyes on the tail of a peacock. Malachite was her sacred stone because she was enchanted by the eye-like patterns.
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