What is Native element mineral?
A '''native element mineral''' or '''native metal''' is any [[element]] that is found as a pure metal in [[nature]]. The list of metals include [[aluminium]], [[antimony]], [[arsenic]], [[bismuth]], [[cadmium]], [[chromium]], [[cobalt]], [[indium]], [[iron]], [[manganese]], [[molybdenum]], [[nickel]], [[niobium]], [[rhenium]], [[selenium]], [[tantalum]], [[tellurium]], [[tin]], [[titanium]], [[tungsten]], [[vanadium]], [[zinc]], [[gold]], [[copper]], [[lead]], [[Mercury (element)|mercury]], [[silver]], [[platinum]], [[iridium]], [[osmium]], [[palladium]], [[rhodium]] and [[ruthenium]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Native Metal {{!}} Definition of Native Metal by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com also meaning of Native Metal|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/native_metal|access-date=2020-10-12|website=Lexico Dictionaries {{!}} English|language=en|archive-date=2020-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017044230/https://www.lexico.com/definition/native_metal|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/anelementarytre00cleagoog|title=An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology, Designed for the Use of Pupils|last=Parker Cleaveland|date=1822|publisher=Cummings and Hilliard|others=unknown library|language=English}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Chemistry-stub}} [[Category:Minerals]]