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
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
Minor sources include the black or gray sulphide, metacinnabar, the native metal, and the white mercurous chloride, calomel.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
Ores and Minerals.—The principal source of bismuth is the native metal, which is occasionally met with as a mineral, usually in reticulated and arborescent shapes or as foliated and granular masses with a crystalline fracture.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
