native metal
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The Bolivian deposits contain the native metal, the oxide, and the carbonate, associated with gold, silver, and tin minerals, in one locality in slates and in another locality in porphyry.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a man is tested.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
Copper is found in a number of ores, and also in the native metal.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
The Copper Indians set a great value on this native metal even at the present day, and prefer it to iron for almost every use except that of a hatchet, a knife, and an awl.
From Pioneers in Canada by E. Wallcousins
Whether brass, however, is found as a native metal or not, cannot be ascertained with any surety.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
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