Abstract
ABSTRACTAn ancient copper mine from southern Sinai, within the crystalline rocks of the Arabo–Nubian Massif, contains the arsenic‐rich copper minerals koutekite (Cu5AS2) and domeykite (Cu3As), associated with native copper. In this site, ancient quarrying activity is found next to Chalcolithic and Early‐Bronze Age settlements. Arsenic‐rich copper tools of these ages were found in Israel. The ore‐source of these tools is still unknown and some believe that it was imported from Armenia. This arsenic copper occurrence, first reported here, may point to the ore‐source of the arsenic‐rich copper artifacts manufactured in the local copper industry.
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