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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 [[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>
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''Dana's textbook of Mineralogy'' divides the Native Elements into the three sections:
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'''Metals'''
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*[[Amalgam]]
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*[[Copper]]
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*[[Gold]]
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*[[Irodosmine]]
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*[[Iron]]
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*[[Lead]]
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*[[Mercury]]
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*[[Platinum]]
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*[[Silver]]
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'''Semimetals'''
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*[[Antimony]]
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*[[Arsenic]]
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*[[Bismuth]]
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*[[Tellurium]]
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'''Nonmetals'''
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*[[Diamond]] - Carbon
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*[[Graphite]] - Carbon
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*[[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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