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Chalcopyrite
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A common mineral found in
almost all sulfide deposits,
chalcopyrite usually occurs in:
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igneous rocks or
metamorphosed igneous rocks
medium-temperature
and high-temperature
hydrothermal veins
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Chalcopyrite is mined
in large open mines
Copper
is the
first
known
metal to
be widely
worked.
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Chalcopyrite is the
primary source of copper
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Copper is easily worked.
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Copper has long been popular
around the world, sometimes
in alloys with other metals.
Before people learned to smelt iron,
bronze (a copper alloy) was the most
durable, widely worked and economically
most important metal.
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Civilizations worked in bronze
in the ancient Near East, India,
East Asia, Aegean, Europe,
and in the Americas.
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Copper
mixed with tin makes bronze
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Copper mixed with zinc makes brass
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Copper is commonly
used in coins,
sometimes alloyed with
other metals
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Copper is in building
materials and decorations
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Copper is often in
plumbing.
Copper is used in generating and
distributing electrical power…
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…and in bringing electrical power
to our buildings.
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…and as a conductor of electricity in circuit boards.
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Copper is important in
electronics as the wire
around electromagnets…
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