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Copper

Z: 29
Mass: 63.546
Lifeforce: Earth
In the body: brain, liver

The first metal a human hand ever shaped is still inside you: about 72 milligrams, spread across liver, brain and hair. And when it ages, it turns green, like the Statue of Liberty.

A terraced slope with laid stone foundations and visible roots; a figure sets a stone in place. — Plate · Earth Earth never hurries. It *holds*, stone by stone, whatever is meant to last.

Copper. Element twenty-nine. The first metal humans ever shaped. Conducts electricity better than almost anything. Turns green when it ages, like old statues, like the Statue of Liberty.

Lab note · Atomic number 29; ≈72 mg in the human body: liver, brain, hair.

Tool · Cosmic origin

Where your atoms come from

Cu · Supernova

Born in supernova explosions, the death of massive stars scattering their innards across the galaxy.

65 of the 118 elements share this origin.

Choose a stage: click, or arrow keys. · Cosmic nucleosynthesis · current standard model

Tool · Periodic table

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