native metal

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The native metal crystallizes in the cubic system, the octahedron being the commonest form, but other and complex combinations have been observed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

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 Bartlett, John

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 Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

Copper is found in a number of ores, and also in the native metal.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

They can, indeed, observe the steel pen emerge from its native metal, see it pressed and stamped, and again pressed and stamped, slitted, annealed, coloured, and finally boxed and packed.

From A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" by Anderton, Thomas