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In the crust the free metal is rare, occurring as terrestrial iron (alloyed with 2â3 percent nickel) in basaltic rocks in Greenland and carbonaceous sediments in the United States (Missouri) and as a low-nickel meteoric iron (5â7 percent nickel), kamacite.
Though iron artifacts have been found from around 7000 years ago, they are extremely rare because iron corrodes much faster than silver or gold, meaning the vast majority of iron relics are destroyed before they can ever be discovered.