Well, there’s been some copper coming through the shop lately, so I thought I’d give you a primer on pure copper. As we’ve covered before, copper is the main component of both brass and bronze. It’s an element in the transitional metals group, atomic number 29. The symbol for copper, Cu, is shortened from the Latin cuprum, which means “From Cyprus” as copper was abundant on the island and most of Roman copper supplies were mined there. In its pure, or “native” state, it’s a h