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What type of stone is this? Smoky quartz?

What type of stone is this? Smoky quartz?

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No.
No. In fact, in oxide copper leaching of ore, the driving equation is: CuSiO3.H2O + 2H+ --> Cu2+ + SiO2 + 2H2O So you're left with isolated copper, quartz and water from the original mix. They occurred together and then had to be deliberately separated.

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