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Price: With the exception of the small pieces in the lower right photo (typically $5 to $15 each), most specimens are priced in the $40 to $150 range. Larger specimens (not shown) are costly and are a few hundred dollars. The malachite ashtray (lower left photo) sold for $120.
Malachite is used in the production of green pigment much in the same way as Ultramarine. This copper carbonate mineral occurs naturally in the Ural mountains of Russia, many parts of Africa, France, Italy and the United states. Paris green is an inorganic compound of copper.