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Altaite: PbTe Mattagamite: CoTe2 Tellurantimony: Sb2Te3
Comments: Silvery metallic intergrowths of mattagamite with tellurantimony and altaite. Location: Mattagami Lake Mine, Quebec, Canada. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Altaite: PbTe Maslovite: PtBiTe Froodite: PdBi2
Comments: Reflected light photomicrograph of maslovite (M), froodite (F), and altaite (A), in chalcopyrite matrix. Location: Oktyabr'skoye Mine, Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Siberia, Russia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Althausite: Mg2(PO4)(OH,F,O)
Comments: Grayish to maroon colored and opaque crystals of althausite on matrix. Location: Overntjern, Buskerud, Norway. Scale: 3.2 x 5 cm. © John Veevaert
Altisite: Na3K6Ti2Al2Si8O26Cl3
Comments: Small speck of altisite in the center of the sticky tape. Location: Olenii Ruchei Apatite Deposit, Khibiny Alkaline Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Scale: Graph Paper 1 mm. © Sergey Vasiliev / Systematic Mineralogy
Aluminite: Al2(SO4)(OH)4·7(H2O)
Comments: Snow-white, very pure nodules of aluminite. Location: Newhaven, Sussex, Great Britain. Scale: 5.5 x 3 cm. © John Veevaert
Aluminoceladonite: KAl(Mg,Fe++)[ ]Si4O10(OH)2 Muscovite: KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2
Comments: Large, 1cm, purple crystals of muscovite/leucophyllite, (var. alurgite which is an intermediate composition to muscovite and leucophyllite (aluminoceladonite). Location: Ultevis, Sweden. Scale: 5x3.5x3cm. © Tom Loomis / Dakota Matrix
Aluminocerite-(Ce): (Ce,REE,Ca)9(Al,Fe+++)(SiO4)3[SiO3(OH)]4(OH)3
Comments: BSE image of the holotype of aluminocerite-(Ce) showing pseudo-octahedral to rombohedral crystals flattened on the c axis. (AmMin v94:488). Location: Ratti quarry near Baveno, Italy.. Scale: See Image. © American Mineralogist
Aluminocopiapite: Al2/3Fe+++4(SO4)6O(OH)2·20(H2O)
Comments: Small yellow crystals of aluminocopiapite. Location: Willi Agatz Mine, Dresden, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 1 mm. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
Aluminoferrotschermakite: [ ]Ca2(Fe2+)3Al2(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 Tuperssuatsiaite: Na(Fe+++,Mn)3[Si8O20](OH)2·n(H2O)
Comments: Golden acicular tuperssuatsiaite crystal spray with clear apophyllite and dark green aluminoferrotschermigite. Location: Aris Quarry, Khomas, Namibia. Scale: See Photo. © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species
Aluminum: Al
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. © Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag
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