Archeological evidence indicates that the mineral has been mined and smelted to obtain copper at Timna Valley in Israel for over 3,000 years. Since then, malachite has been used as both an ornamental stone and as a gemstone.
Definition of bane. 1a obsolete : killer, slayerb : poisonc : death, destruction stop the way of those that seek my bane â Philip Sidneyd : woe. 2 : a source of harm or ruin : curse national frontiers have been more of a bane than a boon for mankind â D. C. Thomson.
A cause of harm, ruin, or death: Obedience, / Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth, / Makes slaves of men (Percy Bysshe Shelley). b. A source of persistent annoyance or exasperation: The spellings of foreign names are often the bane of busy copy editors (Norm Goldstein).