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  2. Copper - Wikipedia

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    The largest mass of elemental copper discovered weighed 420 tonnes and was found in 1857 on the Keweenaw ... Copper was first mined in ancient Britain as early as ...

  3. Discovery of chemical elements - Wikipedia

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    The two discovered a new element in a molybdenum sample that was used in a cyclotron, the first element to be discovered by synthesis. It had been predicted by Mendeleev in 1871 as eka-manganese. [171] [172] [173] In 1952, Paul W. Merrill found its spectral lines in S-type red giants. [174]

  4. Metals of antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The earliest gold artifacts were discovered at the site of Wadi Qana in the Levant. [13] Silver is estimated to have been discovered in Asia Minor shortly after copper and gold. [14] There is evidence that iron was known from before 5000 BC. [15] The oldest known iron objects used by humans are some beads of meteoric iron, made in Egypt in ...

  5. Copper mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The copper was discovered in 1843 by a prospector, presumably panning for gold, who found nuggets of native copper. The first shipment of copper ore was taken out on muleback in made in 1847. More than 30 mining companies were incorporated between 1852 and 1855 to mine copper at Ducktown.

  6. Metallurgy during the Copper Age in Europe - Wikipedia

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    Reconstruction of Ötzi's copper axe (c. 3300 BCE). The Copper Age, also called the Eneolithic or the Chalcolithic Age, has been traditionally understood as a transitional period between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, in which a gradual introduction of the metal (native copper) took place, while stone was still the main resource utilized.

  7. Newly Discovered Snake Species with Numerous Teeth Named ...

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    Researchers first discovered the reptile in the western Himalayas in the summer of 2020, the Miami Herald reported, citing an "ongoing study" published by nature.com on Monday, Oct. 21.

  8. Copper mining in Arizona - Wikipedia

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    Prospectors from Silver City, New Mexico discovered copper mineralization at Morenci, also known as the Greenlee district in 1872. Mining began the following year, and miners extracted and smelted high-grade copper ore until a railroad reached the district in 1884 and a concentrator made mining and processing of low-grade ore economical. [4]

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    Discovered that my high school P.E. teacher graded on improvement. You took a skills test at the beginning of each unit, then one at the end of the unit and your grade was based on how much you ...