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malachite|ˈmæləkaɪt|
Forms: α. 4 melochites, 8 malachites, molochites. β. 6 molochite, 6–7 melochite, (8 malachquite), 7– malachite.
[a. OF. melochite, F. malachite, ad. L. *malachītēs, molochītēs, Gr. *µαλαχῑ́της, *µολοχῑ́της, a stone (perh. our malachite) resembling the leaf of the mallow in colour, f. µαλάχη, µολόχη the mallow.]
1. a. Hydrous carbonate of copper, occurring as a mineral of a beautiful green colour, susceptible of a high polish; it is often made into ornamental articles. Also, an example or specimen of this mineral.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvi. lxvii. (1495) 574 Melochites is a grene stone lyke to Smaragdus and hath that name of the colour of malewes. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 15 b, The Melochite is a greene Gem, much like to the Smaragde. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. iv. xi. 123 b, In this place are also found the Sardonique stones, Molochite, and those which are called Iris. 1656Blount Glossogr., Malachite (malachites), a stone of a dark green colour. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) I. 56 Remarkable stones,..as crystal, dragons-blood, malachites, asteria's. 1844Disraeli Coningsby i. iv, Colossal vases of malachite presented by emperors.
b. blue malachite = azurite 1.
1821Jameson Man. Mineral. 98 Blue Malachite, or Blue Copper.
c. attrib.; sometimes quasi-adj. = of the colour of malachite. malachite-green, (a) = malachite; (b) a dye of the colour of malachite.
1880Friswell in Soc. of Arts Jrnl. 445 The well-known methyl green..is now..replaced by the malachite green, discovered by Oscar Doebner. 1899J. Cagney tr. Jaksch's Clin. Diagn. v. (ed. 4) 157 Köster has recently employed malachite-green with good results as a test for hydrochloric acid. 1900F. Anstey Brass Bottle i. 3 Against a background of lapis lazuli and malachite sea.
2. malachite kingfisher, a small blue, green, and red kingfisher, Corythornis cristata, found in Africa south of the Sahara; malachite sunbird, a blue and green sunbird, Nectarinia johnstoni, found in parts of southern and eastern Africa.
[1875Ibis V. 68 Malachite-crested Kingfisher. This charming little Kingfisher is found invariably frequenting the small streams and ditches close to Durban.] 1903A. C. Stark Birds S. Afr. III. 82 The Malachite Kingfisher is found throughout the greater part of Africa south of the Sahara. 1906Daily Chron. 10 Feb. 7/7 A great rarity is a Malachite sun bird, a most wonderfully-formed bird with a bill as long as its body and as fine as a piece of wire. 1947J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxxiv. 300 The beautifully coloured malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristata)..likes to sit on an over⁓hanging branch, whence he scrutinizes the water beneath. 1966E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xii. 197 The male malachite sunbirds would be flashing their astonishing green and gold. 1971Country Life 28 Oct. 1127/2 Tiny malachite kingfishers, brilliant red and blue, sped among the tall rushes. |