Use groups earth materials by what people actually do with them. Wikipedia notes that "since antiquity, varieties of quartz have been the most commonly used minerals in the making of jewelry and hardstone carvings," a use that has nothing to do with the mineral's scientific classification. This dimension connects a material to its place in human hands rather than only in the ground.
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Formation OriginElements that occur in nature as minerals in uncombined form. 1 Industrial and Abrasive
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1. Wikipedia: Native element minerals
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Native element minerals are those elements that occur in nature in uncombined form with a distinct mineral structure.
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