Native copper
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native-copper-185-9967050
title:
Native copper
text:
Native copper is an uncombined form of copper that occurs as a natural mineral. Copper is one of the few metallic elements to occur in native form, although it most commonly occurs in oxidized states and mixed with other elements. Native copper was an important ore of copper in historic times and was used by pre-historic peoples. Native copper occurs rarely as isometric cubic and octahedral crystals, but more typically as irregular masses and fracture fillings. It has a reddish, orangish, and/or
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Mineral (as opposed to the chemical element)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_copper
date created:
2005-06-26T17:30:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T19:45:43Z
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13
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