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Argentite is a ore of which metal?

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Answer:

copper

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What metal is obtained from the argentite ore?
Silver.
Is ore metal or non metal?
"Ore" is a mixture of some kind of metal that you are trying to extract, and the rock that is generally mixed in with it.
What are metal ores?
Metal ores are rocks with metal in them. The ore can be extracted in a furnace by heating the ore, coke and limestone at a very high temperature. The molten metal is then collected off.
Metal ores are what?
Metal ores are rocks which contain useful metals economically convenient to exploit.
How do they get the metal out of the ore?
Depends on the ore- and the metal. Early refining involved roasting the ore- heat melted the metals. In other cases, the ore is crushed, and separated by chemical means. I am familar with one mine...