Malachite Tumbled Stone

One Malachite Tumbled Stone

Color: dark green with lighter and darker green and blue-green swirls

About the stone: Malachite is a hydrated copper carbonate. It is found as botryoidal or stalactitic masses, with deposits of dissolving copper ores causing malachite's banding.

Chakra(s): heart and solar plexus

Astrological sign(s): Capricorn 

Carrying the vibrations of the heart, malachite’s swirling shades of green represent the lessons that the heart must go through during its lifetime, effectuating healing not only in this lifetime but also in past lives. 

Malachite can help you get clear when you have many thoughts going round and round in your head. If you are experiencing repetitive thoughts that you are unable to release, use this stone to realign your mind with your heart, and use your heart as your center of thought. 

Malachite is a stone that helps you get to the heart of a matter. This stone reminds you that when patterns repeat in relationships again and again, there is a lesson to be learned.

Excerpted from The Essential Guide to Crystals, Minerals, and Stones by Margaret Ann Lembo