Copper: Properties

Element

• Name: Copper
• Atomic Number: 29
• Chemical Symbol: Cu
• Electronic Configuration: [Ar]3d¹⁰4s¹
• Abundance:
  • Earth: 50 ppm
  • Solar System: 1.15x10⁴ (rel. to [H]=1x10¹²)
• Ocurrence

  Atacamite	Cu2(OH)3Cl
  Aurichalcite	(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
  Azurite	Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
  Berzelianite	Cu2Se
  Boleite	Pb26Ag10Cu24Cl62(OH)48.3H2O
  Bornite	Cu5FeS4
  Bournonite	CuPbSbS3
  Brochantite	Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
  Caledonite	Pb5Cu2(CO3)(SO4)3(OH)6
  Chalcanthite	CuSO4.5H2O
  Chalcocite	Cu2S
  Chalcophyllite	Cu2+18Al2(AsO4)3(SO4)3(OH)27.33H2O
  Chalcopyrite	CuFeS2
  Chalcostibite	CuSbS2
  Chrysocola	CuSiO3.2H2O
  Clinoclase	Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3
  Connellite	Cu19Cl4(SO4)(OH)32.2H2O
  Cornwallite	Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4
  Coveline	CuS
  Cuprite	Cu2O
  Cyanotrichite	Cu2+4Al2(CO3,SO4)(OH)12.2H2O
  Devilline	CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6.3H2O
  Dioptase	CuSiO3.H2O
  Domeykite	Cu3As
  Emplectite	CuBiS2
  Enargite	Cu3AsS4
  Euchroite	Cu2(AsO4)(OH).3H2O
  Famatinite	Cu3SbS4
  Germanite	Cu13Fe2Ge2S16
  Krohnkite	Na2Cu(SO4)2.2H2O
  Langite	Cu4(SO4)(OH)6.2H2O
  Lavendulan	NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl.5H2O
  Libethenite	Cu2(PO4)(OH)
  Linarite	PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
  Liroconite	Cu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4.4H2O
  Luzonite	Cu3AsS4
  Malachite	Cu2CO3(OH)2
  Mixite	BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6.3H2O
  Mottramite	PbCu(VO4)(OH)
  Native copper	Cu
  Olivenite	Cu2AsO4(OH)
  Papagoite	CaCuAlSi2O6(OH)3
  Plancheite	Cu8Si8O22(OH)4.H2O
  Polybasite	(Ag,Cu)16Sb2S11
  Posnjakite	Cu4(SO4)(OH)6.H2O
  Pseudomalachite	Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
  Pyrite	FeS2
  Renierite	(Cu,Zn)11(Ge,As)2Fe4S16
  Spangolite	Cu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl.3H2O
  Stannite	Cu2FeSnS4
  Strashimirite	Cu8(AsO4)4(OH)4.5H2O
  Stromeyerite	AgCuS
  Tennantite	(Cu,Fe)12As4S13
  Tenorite	CuO
  Tetrahedrite	(Cu,Fe)12Sb4S13
  Umangite	Cu3Se2
  Vesignieite	Cu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)2
  Wittichenite	Cu3BiS3