COPPER SPECIMEN 🔬 Copper is a versatile mineral that occupies the periodic table and is found as a metal in elemental form in a variety of minerals. Found in its native metallic form, it’s got a lovely reddish glow that makes it stand out. You’ll also spot it in flashy green and blue minerals like malachite and azurite, thanks to copper’s knack for forming compounds with oxygen and carbonates. It crops up in sulphides like chalcopyrite (its main ore) and bornite, often cheekily called "peacock