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There are numerous articles on the Internet discussing the history of copper mining and copper smelting in the ancient state of Magan. If you have stumbled across an ancient copper smelting site in your travels of the UAE and northern Oman, you may be interested in the following articles, just three of hundreds that discuss this fascinating period of history.
You may also be interested to know that a search of the internet turned up dozens of sites, including the ENHG site mentioning articles in the Bulletins available through our site!
A sampling:
In the course of the Group's field trips, we often come across locations that appear to be ancient mining sites. If you are interested in testing an ore sample, some instructions are listed in this article, Test of Procedure to Analyze for Copper in Ore Samples
Please also see our own page on copper mining and smelting here.