Real vs. Fake Malachite: The Difference Explained

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I’m Natalie Black, author of Crystador. I write about spirituality, personal growth, and healing.

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Malachite is a gorgeous green stone with some pretty powerful energies. It is a very easily recognizable stone with its beautiful swirls in varying shades of green; it has a very earthy and spiritual feel. Just looking at this stone, you know it holds a fierce frequency.

If you feel drawn to Malachite, keep reading on to understand how to spot if the stone is fake, and learn about its healing and spiritual properties.

How to tell if Malachite is real?

There are a couple of good ways to tell if Malachite is real or fake, and the first is the color. Authentic Malachite will have a range of greens, which are very dramatic in color and contrast.

From deep, rich, dark tones to soft pale tones of green, you will see an assortment of organic patterns like swirls, rings, and stripes. These patterns will be outlined in a darker shade of green and distributed throughout the stone.

Real Malachite is also quite heavy, heavier than you would expect, and cold to the touch.

If you come across a stone labeled as Malachite but is in a fairly uniform medium shade of green with harsh black linear lines that repeatedly run throughout the stone, it may be fake. Another tell-tale sign of a fake Malachite is if the stone feels light, and the surface warms up while you’re holding it.

Malachite vs Moldavite

Moldavite belongs to a group of natural glasses known as the Tektite group and is formed when a meteor collides with the earth. Moldavite is a deep earthy green and holds a powerful frequency. Moldavite is a powerful tool to use during meditation and dreamwork.

It can help increase your sensitivity to guidance, telepathy, intuition and help to understand messages from the universe. Moldavite has been long used as a tool during the stone ages and a talisman and amulet for fertility, protection, and good fortune.

Malachite is also called the stone of transformation. It has intense energies that can assist in changing situations in your life, spiritual growth, healing physically and emotionally, stimulating your life force throughout your body and aura. Malachite’s color signifies its connection to Mother nature with shades of green; this stone can help in deep healing.

Using Moldavite and Malachite together creates a powerful energy that can help you heal on a deep level and work intensely through trauma, helping you clear any blockages. This is a fierce pair of gemstones and should be used by experienced healers to wrangle their intense frequencies.

Malachite healing properties and benefits

Malachite has vast healing properties, from helping to balance spiritual issues, healing the physical body and emotions. It is often used during sessions of energy healing and Chakra balancing.

Malachite effectively treats women’s health issues like regulating menstrual cycles and relieving cramps. In addition, this stone resonates with the female sexual organs helping with labor (sometimes known as the midwife stone) and any discomfort with female sex organs.

Malachite has a very long list of physical healing properties that include:

  • Relieving cold sweats and trembling
  • Helps with asthma
  • Intestinal problems
  • Pain from Rheumatic arthritis
  • Strengthens memory
  • Help with kidney and gall bladder stones
  • Lower blood pressure
  • Treats travel sickness and vertigo
  • Enhance the immune system
  • Help heal fractures

Known as a stone of transformation can help to heal on a deep emotional level. Showing you blockages that hinder your spiritual growth helps draw out feelings that are hidden deep within. Malachite encourages you to express your feelings, overcome depression and anxiety, heal from emotional abuse, and help you to form healthy relationships based on love and not neediness.

Malachite spiritual meaning

Malachite resonates with the Heart Chakra but is helpful to clear all the Chakras and activate them. For example, when placed on the Third Eye Chakra, it can trigger psychic visions and enhance visualization.

When placed on the Solar Plexus, it can help to activate deep emotional healing and release negative emotions and trauma.

Malachites can serve different purposes for different people. If you are going through a purification process, then Malachite will help to purge negative emotions. It can also be a powerful stone if you are trying to change your life or reality. It can help remind you of your purpose in this life, bring you assistants through dreams and visions, and help you manifest your wishes quickly.

Meditating with Malachite is a powerful way to see the truth about yourself and bring to the surface what is in your subconscious. When used in meditation or even worn, it can help reveal what is blocking you in your spiritual growth and how to balance and release the blockages to move on.

You can also use Malachite to meditate to become closer to mother earth. Holding malachite while sitting on the ground during meditation will help you tap into the earth’s energy. The green colors found in Malachite connect it to mother earth.

Frequently asked questions

Is Malachite good luck?

Malachite doesn’t necessarily bring good luck, but it does ward off negative energy and misfortune to help you become more fortunate in your endeavors and life in general. So instead of giving you good luck, Malachite enables you to create better luck for yourself.

Is raw Malachite toxic?

Yes, raw Malachite is toxic, and you need to exercise precautions if handling, like wearing a mask and gloves. Due to its high content of copper, around 58%, Malachite is toxic when in its raw form. You should also not drink any elixirs made from Malachite placed directly in the water, even if the Malachite is polished. It is a soft stone that releases copper into the water and can make you very ill.

Polished Malachite is safe to wear, but if it should crack and break, you need to handle it with care while fixing to ensure you don’t inhale, ingest, or get any dust on your skin.

Conclusion

Malachite is a powerful stone that is excellent for cleansing your Chakras and can help you remove blockages and restore balance. Malachite can bring peacefulness, positivity and give you an optimistic outlook on life. It can strengthen your aura and is an excellent aid in meditation to help you progress in your spiritual growth and even build a stronger connection to Mother Earth.

Malachite has many healing properties for the physical body and the emotional body.