Aluminium R070230
Name: Aluminium
RRUFF ID: R070230
Ideal Chemistry: Al
Locality: Mud Volcano, Bulla Apsheren penninsula, Caspian Sea, Qobustan (Gobustan; Kobustan) Rayonu, Azerbaijan
Source: Michael Scott S103000 [view label]
Owner: Michael Scott
Description: Metallic gray blebs in matrix embedded in epoxy, no Raman activity because of crystal symmetry
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
Mineral Group: [ Copper (13) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R070230.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R070230
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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REFERENCES for Aluminium

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Oleinikov B V, Okrugin A V, Leskova N V (1978) Petrological significance of the occurrence of native aluminum in basic rocks, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 243, 191-194   [view file]

Fleischer M, Pabst A, Mandarino J A (1980) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 65, 205-210   [view file]

Oleinikov B V, Okrugin A V, Novgordova M I, Ashihmina N A, Oleinikov O B, Frih-har A I, Bogatikov O A, Leskova N V, Gorshkov A I (1984) New minerals: aluminum - new mineral class of Samorodyh, Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 113, issue 2 210-215   [view file]

Dekov V M, Arnaudov V, Munnik F, Boycheva T B, Fiore S (2009) Native aluminum: Does it exist?, American Mineralogist, 94, 1283-1286   [view file]