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molten copper
samovar
copper finial
Bronze jia, Shang dynasty (18th–12th century bce); in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri.
soldering
A sample of chrysocolla after azurite, which is an example of a pseudomorph composed of orthorhombic copper hydroxyl silicate, from Ray Mine, Pinal county, Arizona, U.S.
Copper in its native form, from Keweenaw, Houghton county, Michigan; in the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Texas.
copper mine
Schematic diagram of a flotation separation cell.
A side-blown copper-nickel matte converter.
Take a look at researchers studying Mississippians copper work from the Cahokian mounds in southwestern Illinois
Unearth copper reserves under Chile's Atacama Desert and learn how copper is processed and traded
Discover Chile's rich copper reserves under the Atacama Desert sands and how they are mined
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