Malachite

Raw Malachite Jewelry, Handmade in Japan

Explore TROZO's raw malachite ear cuffs — each built around a real, uncut malachite rather than a cut and polished stone. Every piece is handmade in Japan, and as one-of-a-kind raw stone it is truly unique.

Malachite is a hydrated copper carbonate, Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂, monoclinic, Mohs 3.5–4. Its concentric banding of bright and deep green recalls peacock feathers — its Japanese name means “peacock stone” — and the English name comes from the Greek *malache* (mallow). Forming in the oxidized zone of copper deposits, it occurs as botryoidal and stalactitic masses. From ancient Egyptian eye-paint pigment to the Malachite Room of the Hermitage, it is one of the green minerals humankind has known the longest.

TROZO works every malachite unpolished, setting it so its natural colour and form lead the design — handmade in Japan, and no two raw stones alike.