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Mindat Short Description

Copper Group.

Copper was one of the first metals to be worked into implements and the first metal to be smelted from ores. Its excellent ductility and high conductivity assure its use in modern society.

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication.

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Cu

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Cu

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