Metals are not available naturally in the form that we use. They are extracted from their ores. Metals and their ores are shown in the table below:
| S.No | Metal | Ores |
| 1 | Sodium(Na) | Chile saltpetre Trona Borax Common salt |
| 2 | Aluminium(Al) | Bauxite Corundum Feldspar Cryolite Alunite Kaolin |
| 3 | Potassium(K) | Nitrate(saltpetre) Carnalite |
| 4 | Magnesium(Mg) | Magnesite Dolomite Epsom salt Kieserite Carnalite |
| 5 | Calcium(Ca) | Dolomite Calcite Gypsum Fluorspar Asbestos |
| 6 | Strontium(Sr) | Strontianite Silestone |
| 7 | Copper(Cu) | Cuprite Copper glance Copper pyrites |
| 8 | Silver(Ag) | Ruby silver Horn silver |
| 9 | Gold(Au) | Calaverite Silvenites |
| 10 | Barium(Ba) | Barytes |
| 11 | Zinc(Zn) | Zinc blende Zincite Calamine |
| 12 | Mercury(Hg) | Cinnabar |
| 13 | Tin(Sn) | Cassiterite |
| 14 | Lead(Pb) | Galena |
| 15 | Antimony(Sb) | Stibnite |
| 16 | Cadmium(Cd) | Greenockite |
| 17 | Bismuth(Bi) | Bismuthate |
| 18 | Iron(Fe) | Haemethite Limonite Magnetite Siderite Iron pyrite Copper pyrites |
| 19 | Cobalt(Co) | Smelite |
| 20 | Nickel(Ni) | Milarite |
| 21 | Manganese(Mn) | Pyrolusite Magnate |
| 22 | Uranium(U) | Carnetite Pitch blende |
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