element, native rock, ore, metalliferous ore, ore deposit, free metal, refined ore, smelted ore; see also alloy, mineral.

Elementary metals and varieties of metal include: gold, silver, copper, iron, steel, aluminum, manganese, nickel, lead, cobalt, platinum, zinc, tin, barium, cadmium, chromium, tungsten, mercury, iridium, molybdenum, antimony, vanadium, alunite, corundum, lithium, sodium, potassium, ribidium, caesium, casium, strontium, radium, beryllium, magnesium, gallium, indium, thallium, cerium, calcium, celtium, anthanium, americium, terbium, holmium, titanium, germanium, arsenic, bismuth, uranium, dysprosium, erbium, rhodium, ruthenium, palladium, osmium, indium, lanthanum, entecium, neodymium, niobium, praseodymion, samarium, tantalum, thorium, thulium, ytterbium, zirconium.