Where found records how common or rare a material is across the planet. Wikipedia notes that quartz "is the second most common mineral or mineral group in Earth's lithosphere, comprising about 12% by mass," making it far more abundant than most other named minerals. This dimension groups materials by how widely they turn up in the ground.
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Formation OriginElements that occur in nature as minerals in uncombined form. 1 Australia
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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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