Copper Ores found in Balochistan of Pakistan. Copper is a chemical element with the symbol and atomic number 29. Pure copper is rather soft and malleable, and a freshly exposed surface has a reddish-orange color. It is used as a thermal conductor, an electrical conductor, a building material, and a constituent of various metal alloys. In the Roman era, copper was principally mined on Cyprus, hence the origin of the name of the metal as Cyprium, “metal of Cyprus“.

Copper Ores

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