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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:

''Dana's textbook of Mineralogy'' divides the Native Elements into the three sections:

'''Metals'''

'''Metals'''

*[[Copper]]

*[[Copper]]

*[[Gold]]

*[[Gold]]

*[[Lead]]

*[[Lead]]

*[[Mercury]]

*[[Mercury]]

==References==

==References==

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