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#61
ayshaa said:
I think it has always been dark green, I believe it depends on the piece, sometime it comes light and sometime is darker, I remember when I was at the boutique I chose the darkest one there. I was just watching some videos with me wearing it in June of last year and it was sparkling nice! I don't know what happened and what made it go cloudy like that honestly. I remember not removing it at a nails salon on few visit which maybe the cause since they spray alcohol and use thick lotions :sad::wtf:

It is a beautiful piece nonetheless, I have the Magic pendant as well in Malachite and that is still amazing and shiny.

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THAT is freakin’ GORGEOUS!
 
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#64
As much as I adore malachite, I am apprehensive about purchasing any additional pieces. I own the vintage Alhambra earrings and they turned cloudy very quickly. I do not wear perfume or hairspray and have owned non VCA malachite without any issues. I loved the pieces when I purchased them and wish they hadn't changed. Somewhere in the course of owning them, I wonder what I could have done that caused them to change....
 
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#65
This is all very interesting ... makes me want to look at my malachite pieces just to check.
I can understand how it could happen to a bracelet as it’s more prone to elements and chemicals, but I wonder what made the earrings go bad? Maybe with the fingerprints/pads while putting them on? It seems so random! Thanks all for sharing yours!
OP, I love, love malachite, it’s very versatile.
 
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I have a malachite bracelet. It still looks new after a couple years. I avoid wearing if it is going to rain and I don’t out in lotion or perfume when I wear it. I don’t wear it a lot, just here and there. I think it will take me decades to destroy it at this rate and I can replace stones when it does.

this thread makes me want to buy MORE malachite! Thinking of getting either 10 motif necklace or the magic necklace and then a pair of earrings.
 
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I have a malachite bracelet and earrings. My earrings look like new, but my bracelet has become cloudy and lighter. The most annoying thing that I wore it 5-8 times, and just didn’t wet it with water or any body lotion.
At the boutique SA told me that motives can be replaced for money (about one-third of full price), but there is no guarantee that the new ones will not become cloudy too((
 
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