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'''Native Elements''' are those [[elements]] that occur in the free, uncombined state, and include [[metallic]] elements ([[gold]], [[silver]]), [[semimetallic]] elements ([[arsenic]], [[antimony]]), and [[nonmetallic]] elements ([[carbon]], [[sulfur]]). The [[metals]] are more numerous, and because they are [[malleable]] and have a metallic appearance, they are readily recognized.<ref>Chesterman, Charles W. ''The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf: New York (1987)</ref>
'''Native elements''' are those [[elements]] that occur in the free, uncombined state, and include [[metal]]lic elements ([[gold]], [[silver]]), [[semimetal]]lic elements ([[arsenic]], [[antimony]]), and [[nonmetallic]] elements ([[carbon]], [[sulfur]]). The [[metal]]s are more numerous, and because they are [[malleable]] and have a metallic appearance, they are readily recognized.<ref>Chesterman, Charles W. ''The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf: New York (1987)</ref>
''Dana's textbook of Mineralogy'' divides the Native Elements into the three sections:
'''Metals'''
*[[Copper]]
*[[Gold]]
*[[Lead]]
*[[Mercury]]
*[[Platinum]]
*[[Silver]]
'''Semimetals'''
*[[Antimony]]
*[[Arsenic]]
*[[Bismuth]]
*[[Tellurium]]
'''Nonmetals'''
*[[Diamond]] - Carbon
*[[Graphite]] - Carbon
*[[Sulfur]]<ref>Dana, Edward S. and Ford, William E. ''Dana's Textbook of Mineralogy - Fourth Edition'', John Wiley and Sons: New York (1932)</ref>
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