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Aluminium

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bulla Island, Caspian Sea, Qobustan District, Azerbaijan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.05 × 0.05 × 0.05 cm
Description

Tiny specks of native aluminium in a capsule. The "biggest" one shows some crystal faces which is very unusual for native aluminium (see photo 1).

Native aluminium is one of the rarest native elements that can be found in a mineral collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aluminium

Formula: 
Al
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Billeekh Intrusion, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

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