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Aluminum Mineral Data
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General Aluminum Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Al |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 26.98 gm |
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Aluminum 100.00 % Al |
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100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
Al |
| Environment: |
Minor phase in low oxygen fugacity environments. |
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1978 |
| Locality: |
Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
From the Latin, alumen = "alum." |
| Name Pronunciation: |
Aluminum  |
| Synonym: |
Aluminium |
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ICSD 64700 |
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PDF 4-787 |
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Aluminum Image |
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Aluminum
Comments: Native aluminum in a polished section.
Location: From a mud volcano in the Caspian Sea near Baku, Azerbaidzhan.
Scale: Picture size 1.5 mm.
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Aluminum
Comments: Deep-green phlogopite with Al flake (at the center). AmMin, 94:1983.
Location: Found in a desilicated pegmatite vein, NW Rila Mountain, Bulgaria.
Scale: Scale Bar 1 mm.
© American Mineralogist |
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Aluminum Crystallography
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| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 4.04, Z = 4; V = 65.94 Den(Calc)= 2.72 |
| Crystal System: |
Isometric - Hexoctahedral H-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F m3m,P m3m |
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.36(1), 1.224(0.9), 2.04(0.7), |
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Physical Properties of Aluminum
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| Color: |
White. |
| Density: |
2.7 |
| Diaphaneity: |
Opaque |
| Hardness: |
1.5 - Between Talc and Gypsum |
| Luster: |
Metallic - Dull |
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Calculated Properties of Aluminum
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| Electron Density: |
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.62 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Aluminum =2.72 gm/cc.
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| Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0
Boson Index = 1 |
| Photoelectric: |
PEAluminum = 2.56 barns/electron
U=PEAluminum x rElectron Density= 6.71 barns/cc.
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Aluminum is Not Radioactive |
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Aluminum Classification
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| Dana Class: |
01.01.01.05 (01)Native Elements |
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(01.01)with metallic elements other than the platinum group |
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(01.01.01)Gold group |
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01.01.01.01 Gold Au F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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01.01.01.02 Silver Ag F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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01.01.01.03 Copper Cu F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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01.01.01.04 Lead Pb F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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01.01.01.05 Aluminum Al F m3m,P m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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01.AA.05 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides) |
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01.A - Metals and Intermetallic Alloys |
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01.AA -Copper-cupalite family |
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01.AA.05 Aluminum Al F m3m,P m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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01.AA.05 Copper Cu F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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01.AA.05 Lead Pb F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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01.AA.05 Gold Au F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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01.AA.05 Nickel Ni F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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01.AA.05 Silver Ag F m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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Other Aluminum Information
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| References: |
NAME( Emsley91) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) |
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Aluminum :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
3 - Athena
4 - GeoScienceWorld
5 - Google Images
6 - Google Scholar
7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
9 - MinDAT
10 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
11 - Online Mineral Museum
12 - QUT Mineral Atlas
13 - Ruff.Info
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