warmmagicaltropicaloceans:“Malachite is a poison stone. The Romans used to make lots of things out of malachite. They would use veneers, very small mosaic pieces. It’s very difficult to carve so it would take years to carve something like the Medusa’s

warmmagicaltropicaloceans:“Malachite is a poison stone. The Romans used to make lots of things out of malachite. They would use veneers, very small mosaic pieces. It’s very difficult to carve so it would take years to carve something like the Medusa’s

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