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[โ€“] lemmyng@piefed.ca 46 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It was not copper. Look at the spacing on the text around the word.

[โ€“] Hackworth@piefed.ca 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm embarrassed I skimmed right over that on a first glance. Looks like the original was hematite. I'm going to pretend I was making a bad LotR joke.