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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
Image Chalcopyrite CuFeS2 34.5
Image Chalcocite Cu2S 79.8
Image Covellite CuS 66.5
Image Bornite 2Cu2S•CuS·FeS 63.3
Image Tetrahedrite Cu3SbS3 + x(Fe,Zn)6Sb2S932–45
Image Digenite Cu9S5 78.1
Image Malachite CuCO3•Cu(OH)2 57.7
Image Azurite 2CuCO3•Cu(OH)2 55.1
Image Cuprite Cu2O88.1
Image Tenorite CuO79.7
Image Chrysocolla (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4•n(H2O)37.9
Image Tennantite Cu12As4S13 51.6
Image Dioptase CuSiO2(OH)245.3
Image Enargite Cu3AsS4 48.4

References

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