Native copper
Native gold
Native silver
Native sulfur
Diamond (native carbon)

Native element minerals are those elements that occur in nature in uncombined form with a distinct mineral structure. The elemental class includes metals, intermetallic compounds, alloys, metalloids, and nonmetals. The Nickel–Strunz classification system also includes the naturally occurring phosphides, silicides, nitrides, carbides, and arsenides.

Elements

The following elements occur as native element minerals or alloys:[non-primary source needed]

Nickel–Strunz Classification -01- Native elements

This list uses the Classification of Nickel–Strunz (mindat.org, 10 ed, pending publication).

Abbreviations

  • "*" – discredited (IMA/CNMNC status).
  • "?" – questionable/doubtful (IMA/CNMNC status).
  • "REE" – Rare-earth element (Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu)
  • "PGE" – Platinum-group element (Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt)
  • 03.C Aluminofluorides, 06 Borates, 08 Vanadates (04.H V[5,6] Vanadates), 09 Silicates: Neso: insular (from Greek νησος nēsos, island) Soro: grouping (from Greek σωροῦ sōros, heap, mound (especially of corn)) Cyclo: ring Ino: chain (from Greek ις [genitive: ινος inos], fibre) Phyllo: sheet (from Greek φύλλον phyllon, leaf) Tecto: three-dimensional framework

Nickel–Strunz code scheme

NN.XY.##x:

  • NN: Nickel–Strunz mineral class number
  • X: Nickel–Strunz mineral division letter
  • Y: Nickel–Strunz mineral family letter
  • ##x: Nickel–Strunz mineral/group number, x add-on letter

Class: native elements

See also

  • Stuart J. Mills; Frédéric Hatert; Ernest H. Nickel & Giovanni Ferraris (2009). (PDF). Eur. J. Mineral. 21 (5): 1073–1080. Bibcode:. doi:. hdl:.
  • Nickel, Ernest H.; Nichols, Monte C. (March 2009). (PDF). IMA-CNMNC.
  • Ferraiolo, Jim. . webmineral.com.
  • Hr. Dr. Udo Neumann der Uni-Tuebingen ()