Copper


Source: World wide

Chemical: Cu

Formation: Volcanic deposits

Properties: Used to make...pennies. As well as a lot of electrical wiring. Copper is also the originating mineral from which malachite and azurite form due to oxidation of the copper ore. And was an important mineral during the ancient Bronze Age. It sometimes is found in nodules shown below.

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