Native element mineral
Elements that occur in nature as minerals in uncombined form
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.
01Elements
The following elements occur as native element minerals or alloys:
02Nickel-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
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