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Why do most metals exist in nature as minerals rather than as pure metallic elements?
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Why do most metals exist in nature as minerals rather than as pure metallic elements?

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Because most metals are susceptible to oxidation, having low electronegativities, prefering to be in a cationic form vs. ... Only metals such as gold, which is resistant to oxidation, will be found pure in nature.
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