The Azurite Malachite has a fascinating past and is renowned for captivating wearers with its seductive beauty. The rich, almost lapis-like blues of azurite and the varied green tones of banded malachite combine to create the enticing gemstone known as azurite malachite mix. The gemstone's name, azuritefro, is a compound word meaning blue in Persian. While molochite, a Greek word meaning "mallow plant," is where the name "malachite" first appeared.