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Bulla Island (Bulli Island; Bulla Ostrov; Khara-Zire), Caspian Sea, Qobustan (Gobustan; Kobustan) District, Azerbaijan
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Formula:
Al
System:IsometricColour:White
Lustre:MetallicHardness:1½
This page provides mineralogical data about Aluminium.

Classification of Aluminium

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:1/A.03-05
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:1.AA.05

1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
A : Metals and Intermetallic Alloys
A : Copper-cupalite family
Dana 7th edition ID:1.1.22.1
Dana 8th edition ID:1.1.1.5

1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
1 : Metals, other than the Platinum Group
Hey's CIM Ref.:1.21

1 : Elements and Alloys (including the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au)
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Type Occurrence of Aluminium

Co-type Localities:Billeekh Intrusion, Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Dike OB-255, Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Year of Discovery:1978

Physical Properties of Aluminium

Lustre:Metallic
Colour:White
Hardness (Mohs):1½

Crystallography of Aluminium

Crystal System:Isometric
Cell Parameters:a = 4.04Å
Unit Cell Volume:V 65.94 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Aluminium

Type:Isotropic

Chemical Properties of Aluminium

Formula:
Al
Essential elements:Al
All elements listed in formula:Al
CAS Registry number:7429-90-5

CAS Registry numbers are published by the American Chemical Society

Relationship of Aluminium to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
1.AA.05Copper
Cu
1.AA.05Electrum
(Au, Ag)
1.AA.05Gold
Au
1.AA.05Lead
Pb
1.AA.05Nickel
Ni
1.AA.05Silver
Ag
1.AA.05UM2004-08-E:AuCuPd
(Cu,Pd,Au)
1.AA.05UM1991-06-E:AuCu
Au
 
3
Cu
1.AA.10aAuricupride
Cu
 
3
Au
1.AA.10bTetra-auricupride
AuCu
1.AA.10aCuproauride
Cu
 
3
Au
1.AA.15Anyuiite
Au(Pb,Sb)
 
2
1.AA.15Khatyrkite
(Cu,Zn)Al
 
2
1.AA.15Iodine
I
1.AA.15Novodneprite
AuPb
 
3
1.AA.15UM1985-02-E:AlZn
ZnAl
 
2
1.AA.20Cupalite
(Cu,Zn)Al
1.AA.25Hunchunite
Au
 
2
Pb
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
1.1Copper
Cu
1.2Silver
Ag
1.5Gold
Au
1.6Auricupride
Cu
 
3
Au
1.7Tetra-auricupride
AuCu
1.8Zinc
Zn
1.9Cadmium
Cd
1.10Danbaite
CuZn
 
2
1.11Zhanghengite
CuZn
1.12Mercury
Hg
1.13Kolymite
Cu
 
7
Hg
 
6
1.14Moschellandsbergite
Ag
 
2
Hg
 
3
1.15Eugenite
Ag
 
11
Hg
 
2
1.16Schachnerite
Ag
 
1.1
Hg
 
0.9
1.17Paraschachnerite
Ag
 
3
Hg
 
2
1.18Luanheite
Ag
 
3
Hg
1.19Weishanite
(Au,Ag)
 
3
Hg
 
2
1.20Indium
In
1.22Khatyrkite
(Cu,Zn)Al
 
2
1.23Cupalite
(Cu,Zn)Al
1.24Diamond
C
1.25Graphite
C
1.26Chaoite
C
1.27Lonsdaleite
C
1.28Silicon
Si
1.29Tin
Sn
1.30Lead
Pb
1.31Anyuiite
Au(Pb,Sb)
 
2
1.31Novodneprite
AuPb
 
3
1.32Leadamalgam
HgPb
 
2
1.33Arsenic
As
1.34Arsenolamprite
As
1.35Paxite
CuAs
 
2
1.36Koutekite
Cu
 
5
As
 
2
1.37Domeykite
Cu
 
3
As
1.38Algodonite
(Cu
 
1-x
As
 
x
)
1.39Novakite
Cu
 
20
AgAs
 
10
1.40Kutinaite
Cu
 
2
AgAs
1.41Antimony
Sb
1.42Stibarsen
AsSb
1.43Paradocrasite
Sb
 
3
As
1.44Horsfordite
1.45Cuprostibite
Cu
 
2
(Sb,Tl)
1.46Allargentum
(Ag
 
1-x
Sb
 
x
)
1.47Aurostibite
AuSb
 
2
1.48Dyscrasite
Ag
 
3
Sb
1.49Bismuth
Bi
1.50Maldonite
Au
 
2
Bi
1.51Sulphur
S
 
8
1.52Rosickýite
S
1.53Selenium
Se
1.54Tellurium
Te
1.55Chromium
Cr
1.56Rhenium
Re
1.57Iron
Fe
1.58Chromferide
Fe
 
3
Cr
 
1-x
 (x=0.6)
1.59Ferchromide
Cr
 
1.5
Fe
 
0.5-x
1.60Wairauite
CoFe
1.61Nickel
Ni
1.62Kamacite
(Fe,Ni)
1.63Taenite
(Fe,Ni)
1.64Tetrataenite
FeNi
1.65Awaruite
Ni
 
3
Fe
1.66Palladium
(Pd,Pt)
1.67Potarite
PdHg
1.68Paolovite
Pd
 
2
Sn
1.69Stannopalladinite
(Pd,Cu)
 
3
Sn
 
2
1.70Cabriite
Pd
 
2
SnCu
1.71Taimyrite
(Pd,Cu,Pt)
 
3
Sn
1.72Atokite
(Pd,Pt)
 
3
Sn
1.73Rustenburgite
(Pt,Pd)
 
3
Sn
1.74Zvyagintsevite
(Pd,Pt,Au)
 
3
(Pb,Sn)
1.75Plumbopalladinite
Pd
 
3
Pb
 
2
1.76Osmium
(Os,Ir,Ru)
1.77Iridium
(Ir,Os,Ru)
1.82Platinum
Pt
1.83Hongshiite
PtCu
1.84Niggliite
PtSn
1.85Isoferroplatinum
Pt
 
3
Fe
1.86Tetraferroplatinum
PtFe
1.87Tulameenite
Pt
 
2
CuFe
1.88Ferronickelplatinum
Pt
 
2
FeNi
1.89Rhodium
(Rh,Pt)

Other Names for Aluminium

Synonyms:
AluminumIMA1980-085a
Other Languages:
Afrikaans:Aluminium
Arabic:ألومنيوم
Armenian:Ալյումին
Asturian:Aluminiu
Azeri:Alüminium
Basque:Aluminio
Belarusian:Алюміній
Bengali:অ্যালুমিনিয়াম
Bosnian (Latin Script):Aluminijum
Breton:Aluminiom
Bulgarian:Алуминий
Catalan:Alumini
Chuvash:Алюмини
Corsican:Alluminiu
Croatian:Aluminij
Czech:Hliník
Danish:Aluminium
Dutch:Aluminium
Erzya:Люм
Esperanto:Aluminio
Estonian:Alumiinium
Finnish:Alumiini
French:Aluminium
Friulian:Alumini
Galician:Aluminio
German:Aluminium
Greek:Αργίλιο
Haitian:Aliminyòm
Hebrew:אלומיניום
Hindi:एलुमिनियम
Hungarian:Alumínium
Icelandic:Ál
Ido:Aluminio
Indonesian:Aluminium
Irish Gaelic:Alúmanam
Italian:Alluminio
Japanese:アルミニウム
Javanese:Alumunium
Kapampangan:Aluminiu
Korean:알루미늄
Kurdish (Latin Script):Bafûn
Latin:Aluminium
Latvian:Alumīnijs
Lithuanian:Aliuminis
Lojban:jinmrmalume
Low Saxon:Aluminium
Luxembourgish:Aluminium
Macedonian:Алуминиум
Malay:Aluminium
Malayalam:അലൂമിനിയം
Manx:Ollymin
Marathi:ऍल्युमिनियम
Min Nan:Al
Mongolian (Cyrillic Script):Хөнгөн цагаан
Norwegian (Bokmål):Aluminium
Norwegian (Nynorsk):Aluminium
Novial:Aluminie
Occitan:Alumini
Persian:آلومینیم
Polish:Glin
Portuguese:Alumínio
Quechua:Ch'aqu q'illay
Ripuarian:Allu
Romanian:Aluminiu
Russian:Алюминий
Saterland Frisian:Aluminium
Scottish Gaelic:Almain
Serbian (Cyrillic Script):Алуминијум
Serbo-Croatian:Aluminijum
Sicilian:Alluminiu
Simplified Chinese:铝
Slovak:Hliník
Slovenian:Aluminij
Spanish:Aluminio
Swahili:Alumini
Swedish:Aluminium
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):Алюминий
Tamil:அலுமினியம்
Telugu:అల్యూమినియం
Thai:อะลูมิเนียม
Traditional Chinese:鋁
Turkish:Alüminyum
Ukrainian:Алюміній
Uzbek (Latin Script):Alyuminiy
Vietnamese:Nhôm
Welsh:Alwminiwm
Yoruba:Aluminiọmu

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
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References for Aluminium

Reference List:American Mineralogist: 65: 205.

Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 113: 210-215.

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    Localities for Aluminium

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    Azerbaijan
     
    • Qobustan (Gobustan; Kobustan) District
      • Caspian Sea
    		Novgorodova M.I., Mamedov Yu.G.. Native aluminium from mud volcano at the Bulla island (caspian Sea), - Lithology and Mineral Resourses,1996,N4,p. 339-349
    Bulgaria
     
    • Rila Mts
    		American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 1283–1286, 2009
    China
     
    • Guangdong Province
      • Chaozhou Prefecture
        • Raoping Co.
    		Anthony, J.W. et al.: Handbook of Mineralogy
    • Guizhou Province
      • Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture
        • Anlong Co.
    		Anthony, J.W. et al.: Handbook of Mineralogy
    • Tibet Autonomous Region
      • Shannan (Lhokha; Lhoka) Prefecture
        • Qusum (Qusong) Co.
    		http://www.ngu.no/FileArchive/165/2003_055.pdf Geological Survey of Norway / The Alice Wain Memorial West Norway Eclogite Field Symposium / Abstract Volume p. 8.
    Italy
     
    • Liguria
      • Genova Province
        • Genova
          • Borzoli
    		Palenzona, A. & Gruppo Mineralogico COOP Liguria “A. Negro” (1993): L’alluminio di M.te Ramazzo. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 3/1993, 186-187. AA. VV., 1996. Collezionare minerali. Hobby & Work.
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia)
    		[World of Stones 12:49]
    Handbook of Mineralogy - Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols
    Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 243, 191-194
        • Vilyui River Basin (Vilui River Basin; Wilui River Basin)
          • Lower Khann'ya River
    		Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
      • Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug
        • Taimyr Peninsula
          • Putoran Plateau
            • Noril'sk
    No reference listed
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Kamchatka Oblast'
        • Tolbachik volcano
    		[MinRec 31:202]
      • Primorskiy Kray
        • Khanka Lake
    		V.V. Seredin data; [AmMin 84:992]
    • Urals Region
      • Southern Urals
        • Orenburgskaya Oblast'
    		M.I. Novgorodova Doklady AN SSSR, 1979, v.248, N4, pp.965-968
    The Moon
     
    Mokhov A.V., Kartashov P.M., Bogatikov O.A. (2007) Moon under a microscope, - Moscow, Nauka, p.128 (in Rus.).
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