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(mal′ə·kīt) noun
A green basic cupric carbonate, CuCO3.Cu(OH)2, found usually massive, rarely in crystals, and sometimes as an incrustation. It is one of the ores of copper. [<OF melochite, ult. <L malache a mallow <Gk. malachē; so called because resembling mallow leaves in color]
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