Talk:Malachite

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This article seems too technical, explanation of terms within text maybe helpful. Mention of the uses of the rock would be helpful. Mention of the price of the rock, in terms of semi precious or what ever it happens to be would be helpful.

I have changed Irridescent to vibrant, as (and the Irridescence page qualifies) MALACHITE IS NOT IRRIDESCANT.

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The introductory sentence of this article is obvious POV. It states that malachite is beautiful, but this is obviously a matter of opinion rather than fact, and there is no source cited to even back up the claim. A person who does not like green would probably not consider this stone to be beautiful at all. Clearly, whoever wrote this article has a pro-green bias. – 24.40.172.245 05:32, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm not anti-green, but removed the 1st paragraph as unsourced. Vsmith 16:56, 24 September 2006 (UTC)