Copper – a metal used in a variety of ways for at least 8000 years due to its properties. Unlike gold, it wasn't just suitable for jewelry. Because of its greater availability and toughness, it also served as a tool.
 In today's world, life without copper is unimaginable. There would be no electricity from the wall socket, no cell phones, and so on. Over the course of a lifetime, each person "needs" approximately 650 kg of copper. This enormous quantity demonstrates the immense importance of copper in our modern society.
 In this issue you will find the most beautiful mineral specimens, which, although found in small numbers, are always of excellent quality during the mining of the deposits. You will learn everything worth knowing about this important metal – its locations, its deposits, its history, ... and much more.
 Contents:
 Copper - the red metal (Werner Lieber)/Copper: A "profile" (Karl Ludwig Weiner and Michael Huber)/Copper ore deposit types (Werner Lieber)/Porphyric copper ore deposits (Werner Lieber)/German copper minerals (Rupert Hochleitner)/Central and South American copper ore deposits (Werner Lieber)/Arizona - the copper state (Werner Lieber)/Image gallery - copper minerals/Purification of native copper (Rudolf Duthaler and Stefan Weiß)/Bibliography.
 With cover, 100 pages in lapis format (21 x 30 cm). Published: 2003