While I was helping my friend dig out the foundation for his basement, we came across a very large (2 pound or so) nugget of unrefined copper ore? Should I try to sell this? and if so how much can I sell it for? or should we keep it as a trophy?
2007-02-22 11:45:35 · 6 answers · asked by neoaikon 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Probably best if you kept on your window sill. The amount of copper in the ore will depend on a number of things, but more than likely it isn't enough to sell.
If you feel adventurous, you could try to smelt and refine it yourself. Try to find the book entitled "Out of the Fiery Furnace" It chronicles how the ancients refined metals, that is to say primitively, and therefore these same methods are simple and within the reach of a back yard metallurgist.
2007-02-22 12:06:55 · answer #1 · answered by pahinLA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Copper mines and different mines do not in simple terms contain the metallic they're extracting. In copper mines for instance, the most target of copper is below a million%. In a gold mine the most target is measured in parts in line with million. some more suitable mines have below 2ppm gold! those metals are frequently modern-day as a sulphide or oxide, no longer the metallic we use. A mineable mineral deposit frequently varieties by using unusual geological circumstances that concentration one or extra metals at larger degrees than historic past. maximum were created at quite some circumstances interior the earth's historic past yet if truth be told from the unique elements from which the earth became formed. Metals are cellular interior the earth by using temperature and rigidity situations and plate tectonics. for further suggestion try Wikipedia: search for below the metallic you've an interest in.
2016-12-04 19:49:31 · answer #2 · answered by nastasi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a kilo of copper going for 41 dollars on ebay.
A. It is 99.9 percent copper.
B. It is in a bar shape.
My guess is that you can probably get 30 dollars for yours.
Copper prices don't seem to be rising either.
I'd keep it as a trophy but if you want a quick dollar, sell it on ebay or at your local pawn shop.
2007-02-22 11:58:56 · answer #3 · answered by ACFan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me see, if copper is going for about $1.00/pound so you might have $2.00, once it is refined. I would keep it or sell it on ebay.
2007-02-22 14:21:08 · answer #4 · answered by Amphibolite 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 lbs of unrefined ore ? well after you get it refined then ask that question.....wonder how much it will weigh then ?
2007-02-22 11:58:00 · answer #5 · answered by kurbkrawler00 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes... if it is al least 5metric tons! Use it as a trophy instead.
2007-02-22 11:55:42 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. Doom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋