Native metal
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A native metal is any metal that is found pure in its metallic form in nature. Metals that can be found as native deposits singly or in alloys include antimony, arsenic, bismuth, cadmium, chromium, co
Nugget of native platinum (Kondyor mine, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia)
Native gold partially embedded in quartz gangue
Silver with quartz matrix (5 x 3 cm)
Nickel iron meteorite
Metals of antiquity
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The metals of antiquity are the seven metals which humans had identified and found use for in prehistoric times in Africa, Europe and throughout Asia: gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, iron, and mercur
German amulet to protect against disease (18th century); it is made from an alloy of the seven alchemical metals: lead, tin, iron, gold, copper, mercury and silver.
