Copper


Blake Adams
Period 3 Grade 8
2/5/97

Copper is a mineral. it is not a plant or a animal. Copper
is a metallic metal. It can never be broken down into differnet substances by
normal chemical means. Copper was one of the first metals known to humans.
People liked it because in it's native condition, it could easily be beaten
into weapons or tools. Copper has been one of the most useful metals for over
5000 years. Copper was probably used around 8000 B.C by people living along the
Tigris and Euphrates rivers. In 6000 B.C, Egyptians learned how to hammer copper
into things they wanted. Around 3500 B.C, People first learned how to melt
copper with tin to make bronze. So the period between 3000 B.C and 1100 B.C
became known as the bronze age.
Today, some of the leading states of the copper industry
are Arizona with 747,000 short tons, Utah with 187,000 short tons, New Mexico
with 161,000 short tons. Some other leading countries are Chile with 1,422,000
short tons,......

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