Native element mineral

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:

• Aluminium
  • Native aluminium
• Antimony
  • Native antimony
• Arsenic
  • Native arsenic
• Bismuth
  • Native bismuth
• Cadmium
  • Native cadmium
• Carbon
  • Native carbon
• Chromium
  • Native chromium
• Cobalt
  • Native cobalt
• Copper
  • Native copper
• Gold
  • Native gold
• Indium
  • Native indium
• Iridium
  • Native iridium
• Iron
  • Native iron
• Lead
  • Native lead
• Manganese
  • Native manganese
• Mercury
  • Native mercury
• Molybdenum
  • Native molybdenum
• Nickel
  • Native nickel
• Niobium
  • Native niobium
• Osmium
  • Native osmium
• Palladium
  • Native palladium
• Platinum
  • Native platinum
• Rhenium
  • Native rhenium
• Rhodium
  • Native rhodium
• Selenium
  • Native selenium
• Silicon
  • Native silicon
• Silver
  • Native silver
• Sulfur
  • Native sulfur
• Tantalum
  • Native tantalum
• Tellurium
  • Native tellurium
• Tin
  • Native tin
• Titanium
  • Native titanium
• Tungsten
  • Native tungsten
• Vanadium
  • Native vanadium
• Zinc
  • Native zinc

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

• 01.A Metals and intermetallic alloys
  • 01.AA Copper-cupalite family: 05 native copper, 05 lead, 05 native gold, 05 native silver, 05 nickel, 05 aluminium; 10a auricupride, 10b tetra-auricupride; 15 novodneprite, 15 khatyrkite, 15 anyuiite; 20 cupalite, 25 hunchunite
  • 01.AB Zinc-brass family (Cu-Zn alloys): 05 cadmium, 05 zinc, 05 titanium*, 05 rhenium*; 10a brass*, 10a zhanghengite, 10b danbaite, 10b tongxinite*
  • 01.AC Indium-tin family: 05 indium, 10 tin; 15 yuanjiangite, 15 sorosite
  • 01.AD Mercury-amalgam family: 00 amalgam*, 05 mercury; 10 belendorffite, 10 kolymite; 15a paraschachnerite, 15a schachnerite, 15b luanheite, 15c eugenite, 15d moschellandsbergite; 20a weishanite, 20b goldamalgam*; 25 potarite, 30 leadamalgam
  • 01.AE Iron-chromium family: 05 kamacite? (iron var.), 05 iron, 05 chromium; 10 antitaenite*, 10 taenite, 10 tetrataenite; 15 chromferide, 15 wairauite, 15 ferchromide; 20 awaruite, 25 jedwabite
  • 01.AF Platinum-group elements: 05 osmium, 05 rutheniridosmine, 05 ruthenium; 10 palladium, 10 iridium, 10 rhodium, 10 platinum
  • 01.AG PGE-metal alloys: 05 garutiite, 05 hexaferrum; 10 atokite, 10 zvyagintsevite, 10 rustenburgite; 15 taimyrite, 15 tatyanaite; 20 paolovite; 25 plumbopalladinite, 25 stannopalladinite; 30 cabriite; 35 chengdeite, 35 isoferroplatinum; 40 ferronickelplatinum, 40 tetraferroplatinum, 40 tulameenite; 45 hongshiite*, 45 skaergaardite; 50 yixunite, 55 damiaoite, 60 niggliite, 65 bortnikovite, 70 nielsenite
• 01.B Metallic carbides, silicides, nitrides and phosphides
  • 01.BA Carbides: 05 cohenite; 10 isovite, 10 haxonite; 15 tongbaite; 20 khamrabaevite, 20 niobocarbide, 20 tantalcarbide; 25 qusongite, 30 yarlongite
  • 01.BB Silicides: zangboite; 05 mavlyanovite, 05 suessite; 10 perryite, 15 fersilicite*, 20 ferdisilicite*, 25 luobusaite, 30 gupeiite, 35 hapkeite, 40 xifengite
  • 01.BC Nitrides: 05 roaldite, 10 siderazot, 15 carlsbergite, 15 osbornite
  • 01.BD Phosphides: 05 schreibersite, 05 nickelphosphide; 10 barringerite, 10 monipite; 15 allabogdanite, 15 florenskyite, 15 andreyivanovite; 20 melliniite
• 01.C Metalloids and nonmetals
  • 01.CA Arsenic group elements: 05 bismuth, 05 native antimony, 05 arsenic, 05 stibarsen; 10 arsenolamprite, 10 pararsenolamprite; 15 paradocrasite
  • 01.CB Carbon-silicon family: 05a graphite, 05b chaoite, 05c fullerite; 10a diamond, 10b lonsdaleite, 15 silicon
  • 01.CC Sulfur-selenium-iodine: 05 sulfur, 05 rosickyite; 10 tellurium, 10 selenium
• 01.D Nonmetallic carbides and nitrides
  • 01.DA Nonmetallic carbides: 05 moissanite
  • 01.DB Nonmetallic nitrides: 05 nierite, 10 sinoite
• 01.X Unclassified Strunz elements (metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
  • 01.XX Unknown: 00 hexamolybdenum, 00 tantalum*, 00 brownleeite

See also

• Free element
• Gangue
• Native metal
• Native state

References

• Mineralsystematik nach Strunz 9. Auflage von 2001 (aktuell)
• Hr. Dr. Udo Neumann der Uni-Tuebingen (Systematik der Minerale)