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Native metals in Earth
In the Earth most metals are found as compounds.
Name one metal that is found in the Earth as the metal itself.
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- 1 Names one accepted native metal: gold, silver, platinum or copper, including an accepted symbol.
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Gold.
Why this answer loses marks
Iron, because it is a metal.
Iron is normally found combined in ores; the response needs a very unreactive metal that can occur as the element itself.