A metal which occurs in its elemental form, uncombined with any other elements, such as gold, silver, or copper. Other metals, like aluminum, iron, or tin occur only as compound ores.

A metal occurring in nature in pure form, uncombined with other elements.

A native metal is any of twenty-one metals that can be found freely in nature. These metals include cadmium, chromium, indium, iron, nickel, tellurium, tin, titanium, and zinc, as well as two groups of metals, the gold group, and the platinum group. The gold group consists of gold, aluminum, copper, lead, mercury, and silver.