List of copper ores

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Following is a list of minerals that serve as copper ores in the copper mining process:[1]

Image Name Formula % Copper
when pure
Min chalcopyrite.jpg Chalcopyrite CuFeS2 34.5
Chalcocite.jpg Chalcocite Cu2S 79.8
Covellite-USA.jpg Covellite CuS 66.5
Bornite.jpg Bornite 2Cu2S·CuS·FeS 63.3
Tetraedrite.jpg Tetrahedrite Cu3SbS3 + x(Fe,Zn)6Sb2S9 32--45
Digenite.jpg Digenite Cu9S5 78.1
Malachite Macro 43.jpg Malachite CuCO3•Cu(OH)2 57.7
Azuritechessy.jpg Azurite 2CuCO3·Cu(OH)2 55.1
Cuprite.jpg Cuprite Cu2O 88.8
Chrysocolla-122814.jpg Chrysocolla (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·n(H2O) 37.9
Tennantite2.jpg Tennantite Cu12As4S13 51.6
Dioptasetsumeb5.jpg Dioptase CuSiO2(OH)2 45.3
Enargite-256381.jpg Enargite Cu3AsS4 48.4

References[]

  1. ^ Samans, Carl H. Engineering Metals and their Alloys MacMillan 1949
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