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Copper
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Most mineral species are chemical compounds. i.e. they are combinations of more than one chemical element. Native copper is one of the few mineral species that contains only one element and it is the most common of the native metals. For this reason copper was the first metal to be exploited by primitive man as early as the late stone age.
More copper specimens are located in the Australian pages
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G558 Cuprite on Copper This specimen
displays elongated pseudocrystals (contains twins known as spiral twins) and is partially
encrusted with red cuprite crystals. 7cm x 6cm $1200 |
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