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Yes - calcium is a metal.

Calcium is classified as an "alkaline earth metal" in the Periodic Table. The alkaline earth metals are also known as "group 2 elements." The periodic table divides the metals into 5 groups: alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, inner transition metals, transition metals, and post-transition metals. Besides these metals, the periodic table also includes the metaliods, and non-metals.

The nonmetals include all the noble gases, all the halogens, and the elements Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosporous, Sulfur, and Selenium. Hydrogen is also normally considered a non-metal although it is theorized that at very high pressures (greater than ~100-500 GPa) hydrogen would become metallic.

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