This rly makes me realize how long it must have taken for humans to figure this out with no knowledge of it before hand. You’d likely use up your whole day, with extremely hard to find resources given the tools and labor required, then heat the metal up in various different ways, most ending up cracked into shards. Repeat for generations.
These questions fill my mind. How did they find you could get metal from rocks? What kinda of natural events would do that to give people the idea? Fascinating.
Ppl can be smart. From naked in the wilderness to obese living off the government looking at everyone else like they are dicks. Joke intended... we really have came a long way. It is amazing... although government checks don't help us.
@@Rosskles In their daily lives fire was needed for heating, cooking, etc. The simplest configuration is a "bonfire", to prevent the fire from expanding to the nearby area rocks are used, after that if the rock was cinnabar they would see molten metal in the floor, if it was a green rock they would see copper, if it was black and crumbly but shiny and heavy it would be either lead or tin. It was a matter of experimenting
@@corveramoenglish7275 Yeah, when you look at the daily requirements to live and thrive, these discoveries would happen naturally over many generations. Have you read Clan of the Cave Bears? Great fiction set in prehistoric times.
To ancient people copper is just another rock - they were already using rock tools so when they stumbled upon copper ore and tried to break it like they did with flint rocks it did something different - it was malleable - meaning they can bang it into a desired shape so it became an interesting rock to use - once they started bringing these rocks to double as fire walls they saw they would melt into interesting ways that made them even easier to shape - from there it was testing different things to make this new material stronger cause copper is not durable and they quickly found out when hunting using it - probably tried different things to make it more strong so you can kill a deer and use it again to hunt and finally mixed it with Tin rocks - finally you can cast the melted rocks into shape you want and it was strong enough to last for a many hunts - they discovered Bronze now they just needed to invent writing so they could write down the process !
Through RU-vid and experimentation i learned myself to collect and refine clay and how to fire them into earthenware through a woodfired small kiln i build in my backyard. The results are still rough and succes not guaranteed but it's exiting to experience and see the whole process. Always looking out for a next project, very informative video! Love this kind of technology, it is seen as primitive by a lot but it's more complicated and hard work for all the senses than what people expect!
This is truly using historic methods. Too many videos make the claim but use modern tech. I will be trying this one day in the near future. I can get copper ore from the mines up North. We also have the advantage of being able to get pure native copper from the mine tailings piles in the Michigan UP.
Honestly very interesting to see someone do this by hand. Really gives insight on how much time people must have spent back then, just to make their tools they would do other work woth
I have fund such crusts from metal melting in the forests in Sweden (I always thought it was from working with Iron but this looks similar to me, because I don´t know). I can´t say how old but probably not that old, only 150 years old because it was in an area where I believe people cleared the forest very late. I have a lot of metals gathered and I was into clac some 20 years ago. This is intriguing.
Stop gathering them and contact your local archaeology expert. Sweden basically invented modern foundries. If you're finding slab in that abundance there's definitely something of archaeological worth in the area.
@@joshschneider9766 They are probably not more than 150 years old because the prehistoric guys were not in that region. It's very deep in until 5 years ago untouched land, but next time I will consider.
@@joshschneider9766 Archaeologists don't usually study modern peasants using very old technology because they lack new tools/knowledge. Where I live people still made bricks in the same way they did 2000 years ago into the late 1940s because it was economical.
We put them at the firestove in that house, but unfortunately I did not keep any. I might be able to find that place but the are would make me fedl sad. The forest has been destroyed by a forestal harvesting machine. On the other hand those machines are what makes the crusts re-emerge...
@shysonoffical malachite was the easiest way for them to mine out of the rock or surface deposits , bit like iron it can be call bog iron but they found easier ways of getting iron copper can be found on occasions in raw form too copper is usually found with iron and gold deposits near so if they smelting gold they also get copper
Muszę ten materiał polecić wyznawcom Franca Zalewskiego, bo ten Pan "geolog" twierdzi, że miedź można pozyskać tylko przy udziale skomplikowanych procesów, np: elektroliza itp. współczesne technologie. Świetny materiał dzięki!
So much going to waste when it melts into the coal. but this is how it was before they got iron bowls to melt it inside i guess. Or they could somehow make a crucible bowl so the powder does not infuse with the coal but rather stays secluded in its own bowl.
@@Alvgaar there was other way by putting malachite powder in small cruicible,put it on charcoal. this way produced copper wont have direct contact with charcoal and wont melt together..
@@stratiosastero6880 malachit wydobywano w Sudetach i Górach Świętokrzyskich, obecnie eksploatacji nie prowadzi się. Malachit można kupić na giełdach minerałów,
@@officinaferraria bo właśnie szukam sproszkowanego malachitu w celu przetopieniu na miedź (chcę zrobić miedziane śruby napędowe do modelu motorówki) niestety wszędzie sprzedają w kawałkach a młyna kulowego nie mam żeby go zetrzeć na drobny proszek) a topienie miedzi z całych kawałków malachitu to droga przez mękę.
0:03 - 0:23 What are the tools being used to crush malachite standing up? Love the video, so interesting to get a glimpse into different times and perspectives.
I imagine the ore was probably used as a pigment but when some cloth burned they found out it turned red fire into green fire, and maybe put a bunch into a fire and found small copper prills that way maybe...
This process is very easy, nothing complex. There are places on the earth where malachite is very easy to find. We used malachite from Africa, we bought it.
Cave men learned to make fire .they seen lighting start a fire or a volcano so then they found what they could use to ignite dry tender leaves grass sticks so on
Copper metal can be extracted from the open air roasting of a mixture of chalcopyrite and silica sand, as shown in the following reaction: chalcopyrite + oxygen + silica 2CuFeS₂ (s) + 5O₂ (g) + 2SiO₂ (s) ⇌ 2Cu (l) + 4SO₂ (g) + 2FeSiO₃ (l) Although if roasted partially it produces Cu₂S and FeO.
@@officinaferraria By the way, great channel, Im impressed! Not everybody makes their own iron and steel nowadays. Its such a privilege to be able to watch you do it.
For a blue-collar worker or a common person during the Copper Age, a prized possession made of copper would likely have been a functional tool or weapon that could make their daily life easier or provide a means of protection. Some examples of valuable copper items for a common person might have included: Copper axe: A copper axe would have been more durable and efficient than a stone axe, making tasks like cutting wood or clearing land easier. Copper dagger or spearhead: A copper weapon would have provided better protection against enemies or wild animals. Copper jewelry: Copper was also used for decorative purposes, and a simple piece of copper jewelry, such as a bracelet or necklace, might have held symbolic or sentimental value. Copper pot or vessel: Copper was sometimes used to make cooking or storage vessels, which could have been considered valuable items for a common person. It's important to note that copper was still a relatively rare and valuable resource during the Copper Age, so even these basic tools and weapons would have been considered prized possessions for a blue-collar worker.
