Copper is so beautiful,
metallic orange overall.
Let´s face this certain fact,
copper suited humanity perfect.

From stoneage improvement came,
copper than bronze its sayn´.
It is easily found in nature out there,
for copper sulfur has a certain flair.

Sulfidic ores, in air easy to melt,
this method, is still present.
Modern facilities try it even with bacteria,
the ferrooxidans is here the superstar.

Once yielded from the ore,
the use of copper becomes more and more.
Weapons, tools and jewlery,
the pure metal pays a certain fee.

It is soft and easy to bend,
if pure enough even by hand.
Fortification was required for tools and that matter,
with zinc it becomes bronze, for working much better.

Pure copper was still used for decoration and art,
on ancient buildings its the green part.
With a certain time left in air again,
it gets a marvelous blue and green stain.

In modern civilization, copper is most crucial,
electirc wires, magnetic spools, everything fundamental.
Nothing would work adequate,
without coppers electric transportation part,

Sure gold and silver might do this trick,
but the prices might be sick.
And getting alumnium needs a ton of ampere,
without copper alu cans would be quite rare.

In ferrous powder metallurgy,
copper has still its importancy,
easy sintered, good properties,
used for gears in automotive.

Be careful with electric scrap,
look for collection areas on a google map.
A small thing to do, a huge impact,
and a lot of energy saved in fact.

Recycling is outmost important for this element,
a lot of energy is for purification spent.
Copper is essential for modern life,
no matter if mobilephone, wire or knife.

With tons of other applications,
usages and modifications,
its everywhere important, even in your living body,
but thats another thing to study.