When you place a different variant copper chest next to a normal copper chest, it automatically becomes a double unoxidized copper chest. This occurs similarly to their waxed variants too. Hope the video clip below explains better.
MC-302468
Placing any variant of a copper chest next to a normal copper chest doesn't separate from each other
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Thank you for your report!
We're actually already tracking this issue at MC-300050, so I will resolve and link this ticket as a duplicate.
I suggest also to browse through the main issue for potential fixes.
If you would like to add a vote and any extra information to the main ticket it would be appreciated.
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