Telluric iron
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Telluric iron, also called native iron, is iron that originated on Earth, and is found in a metallic form rather than as an ore. Telluric iron is extremely rare, with only one known major deposit in t
Sawed slab of basalt with bright, metallic native-iron inclusions from Uivfaq, Disko Island (specimen size: 7.8 cm × 3.5 cm × 0.6 cm (3.07 in × 1.38 in × 0.24 in))
Hand-sized sample of native iron from Disko Island, Greenland
Native iron from basalt quarry at Bühl, Weimar, district of Kassel, Germany (size: 6.6 × 5.9 × 1.8 cm)
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