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I have been wanting a malachite bracelet for a long time so I picked up the last one I could find before the price increase. However this may sound incredibly picky but does the green seem much darker than normal? I think of malachite as a brighter color with more white streaks. Am not sure whether I should keep it or wait for a new lighter batch and exchange. Would love to hear opinions, thanks!
 

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monidda said:
I am in trouble and it's all BethC's fault. I just purchased the long chain malachite pendant. While this is exciting news I will have to wait till august to see it. My friend lives in KL and the prices are so much friendlier there. I am banned from everything now as between some leather luxury goods and all the VCA I bought this year I will end up eating beans on toast soon.
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but you'll be eating beans and toast wearing gorgeous VCA jewelry! Makes a HUGE difference!!!
 
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beautiful malachites! over the years though the malachite will darken with age. it's the nature of the stone especially in humid weather. I went to the vca exhibit at bowers and saw a 20 motif malachite shown in "if i remember correctly grace kellys collection" and it was so dark you couldn't really see the striations on the stone. It's a porous stone with only a 4 on the moh scale, so it's delicate and even with care, it's inevitable over time it will not look the same
 
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jssl1688 said:
beautiful malachites! over the years though the malachite will darken with age. it's the nature of the stone especially in humid weather. I went to the vca exhibit at bowers and saw a 20 motif malachite shown in "if i remember correctly grace kellys collection" and it was so dark you couldn't really see the striations on the stone. It's a porous stone with only a 4 on the moh scale, so it's delicate and even with care, it's inevitable over time it will not look the same
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Thank you for sharing. This is very useful info. Now I have to think again if I should order malachite 10 motif necklace.
 
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Thanks for the info. I will probably end up looking for a lighter piece if they are going to get darker later. I also looked at the mohs scale and was surprised to see carnelian is much harder than malachite. I am always worrying about dirtying my porous mother of pearl. These materials are not worry free but so beautiful!
jssl1688 said:
beautiful malachites! over the years though the malachite will darken with age. it's the nature of the stone especially in humid weather. I went to the vca exhibit at bowers and saw a 20 motif malachite shown in "if i remember correctly grace kellys collection" and it was so dark you couldn't really see the striations on the stone. It's a porous stone with only a 4 on the moh scale, so it's delicate and even with care, it's inevitable over time it will not look the same
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I also completely forgot that malachite is not a hard stone at all until I saw a 5 motif bracelet today with some deep scratches on the stone. The color was a beautiful green, very vibrant, so shows the scratches clearly.
 
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xiangxiang0731 said:
For those of you who have MOP pieces, do they show scratch easily? MOP is a very soft material (Mohs scale 2.5 - 4) and I am worried they will get quite scratched up. TIA for any information!
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I've had MOP 20 motif necklace and earrings for almost four years and do not see any scratches on them. However I do feel that the color looks just a little bit grayer and less white than when I first got them. I have taken them to the store once to be cleaned and they looked a little whiter but not as white as I originally remember. I really baby my pieces and do not wear them often and even wash my hands after I touch things to not transfer anything to the MOP.
 
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xiangxiang0731 said:
For those of you who have MOP pieces, do they show scratch easily? MOP is a very soft material (Mohs scale 2.5 - 4) and I am worried they will get quite scratched up. TIA for any information!
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I feel like probably bracelets are more likely to scratch than earrings or necklaces since they come in contact with other things more often. Since I do not own any MOP bracelet I can't say how a bracelet would do but I do have the carnelian bracelet which is harder (Mohs 6-7) and worn often but has no scratches either.
 
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