Copper Selenite 521 million years old

521 million years old

roughly 20 million years ago

Copper is a so-called native metal

These incredible collector’s pieces – each one of a kind – feature massive semitransparent calcite crystals

Malachite has been mined for both use in copper tools and for ornamentation and jewelry

Copper Selenite 521 million years oldA widespread and industrially important mineral, copper has been used by humans as ornamentation, tools, and as a precious metal for thousands of years. The word copper originates from the latin for the island of Cyprus, where early very productive copper mines supplied much of the ancient world with the material. Copper is a so called native metal, which means it naturally occurs in its metallic form. Natural copper is relatively soft and often found