Eilat Stone (Hebrew: אבן אילת) or eilatstone is a gemstone that derives its name from the city of Eilat in Israel, located near where it was once mined.^[1] It is characterized by a green-blue heterogeneous mixture of several secondary copper minerals, including malachite, azurite, turquoise, pseudomalachite, and chrysocolla.^[2] Eilatstone is the national stone of Israel,^[3] and is also known as the King Solomon stone.^[1]

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