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Native Aluminium

A valid IMA mineral species

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Native Aluminium, etc.

Bulla Island, Baku City, Azerbaijan

Native Aluminium

Bulla Island, Baku City, Azerbaijan

Native Aluminium, etc.

Kumak ore field, Yasnensky District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia

Native Aluminium, etc.

Bulla Island, Baku City, Azerbaijan

Native Aluminium

Bulla Island, Baku City, Azerbaijan

Native Aluminium, etc.

Kumak ore field, Yasnensky District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia

Native Aluminium, etc.

Bulla Island, Baku City, Azerbaijan

Native Aluminium

Bulla Island, Baku City, Azerbaijan

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About Native AluminiumHide

Formula:

Colour:

Grayish-White

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

2 - 3½

Specific Gravity:

2.707

Crystal System:

Isometric

Member of:

Nickel Group

Name:

The name is the British spelling for the element of which it is comprised. The name was given by Sir Humphry Davy, who discovered the element.

Co-Type Localities:

ⓘ Billeekh Intrusion, Sakha, Russia
ⓘ Dike OB-255, Sakha, Russia

Dimorph of:

Steinhardtite

This page provides mineralogical data about Native Aluminium.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

107

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:107:8

IMA Classification of Native AluminiumHide

IMA status:

Approved

Approval year:

1980

Type description reference:

Oleinikov, B.V., Okrugin, A.V., Leskova, N.V. (1978) Petrological significance of the occurence of native aluminum in basites. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 243, 191-194 (in Russian).

Classification of Native AluminiumHide

Strunz-mindat (2026):

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 ed.:

1.1.22.1

Dana 8th ed.:

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)

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference for Standard
Al	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Pronunciation of Native AluminiumHide

Pronunciation:

Play	Recorded by	Country
	Jolyon Ralph	United Kingdom

Physical Properties of Native AluminiumHide

Lustre:

Metallic

Transparency:

Opaque

Colour:

Grayish-White

Hardness:

2 - 3½ on Mohs scale

Tenacity:

Malleable

Density:

2.707 g/cm³ (Measured) 2.697 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of Native AluminiumHide

Type:

Isotropic

Chemistry of Native AluminiumHide

Mindat Formula:

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
Al	100.000 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

Al - search for minerals with similar chemistry

CAS Registry number:

7429-90-5

CAS Registry numbers are published by the American Chemical Society

Crystallography of Native AluminiumHide

Crystal System:

Isometric

Class (H-M):

m3m(4/m32/m) - Hexoctahedral

Space Group:

Fm3m

Setting:

Fm3m

Cell Parameters:

a = 4.0494 Å

Unit Cell V:

66.40 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Morphology:

Typically granular massive, may be platy or scaly, to 1 mm.

Comment:

Space group for the synthetic material

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0012873	Native Aluminium	Straumanis M E (1949) The precision determination of lattice constants by the powder and rotation crystal methods and applications Journal of Applied Physics 20 726-734	1949	synthetic	298
0012934	Native Aluminium	Jette E R, Foote F (1935) Precision determination of lattice constants Journal of Chemical Physics 3 605-616	1935	synthetic	298
0014946	Native Aluminium	Owen E A, Yates E L (1933) Precision measurements of crystal parameters Philosophical Magazine 15 472-488	1933	synthetic	291
0011137	Native Aluminium	Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York Cubic closest packed, ccp, structure Crystal Structures 1 7-83	1963		293

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X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
2.338 Å	(100)
2.024 Å	(47)
1.221 Å	(24)
1.431 Å	(22)
0.9289 Å	(8)
0.9055 Å	(8)
0.8266 Å	(8)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 3a: Earth’s earliest Hadean crust	>4.50
8 : Mafic igneous rocks
9 : Lava/xenolith minerals (hornfels, sanidinite facies)
Near-surface Processes
30 : Terrestrial impact minerals
Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks	>3.0
36 : Carbonatites, kimberlites, and related igneous rocks
Stage 5: Initiation of plate tectonics	<3.5-2.5
38 : Ophiolites

Geological Setting:

In a gabbro-dolerite massif (Billeekh intrusion, Russia); in aluminum-rich rocks; in high-temperature hydrothermal Sn–W deposits and their alteration zones; in volcanic ash.

Type Occurrence of Native AluminiumHide

Co-Type Localities:

ⓘ Billeekh Intrusion, Sakha, Russia
ⓘ Dike OB-255, Sakha, Russia

General Appearance of Type Material:

usually granular-massive; also platy to scaly, with individuals up to 1 mm.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Geological Museum, Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, Russia.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

gabbro-dolerite massif (TL); also known from Al-rich rocks and HT hydrothermal Sn-W deposits; and from volcanic ashes.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Moissanite	Native Antimony	Native Cadmium	Native Copper	Native Iron
Native Lead	Native Tin	Native Zinc

Reference:

Oleinikov, B.V., Okrugin, A.V., Leskova, N.V. (1978) Petrological significance of the occurence of native aluminum in basites. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 243, 191-194 (in Russian).

Synonyms of Native AluminiumHide

Other Language Names for Native AluminiumHide

Afrikaans:Native Aluminium

Arabic:ألومنيوم

Armenian:Ալյումին

Asturian:Aluminiu

Azeri:Alüminium

Basque:Aluminio

Belarusian:Алюміній

Bengali:অ্যালুমিনিয়াম

Bosnian:Aluminijum

Breton:Aluminiom

Bulgarian:Алуминий

Catalan:Alumini

Chuvash:Алюмини

Corsican:Alluminiu

Croatian:Aluminij

Czech:Hliník

Danish:Native Aluminium

Dutch:Native Aluminium

Erzya:Люм

Esperanto:Aluminio

Estonian:Alumiinium

Farsi/Persian:آلومینیم

Finnish:Alumiini

French:Native Aluminium

Friulian:Alumini

Galician:Aluminio

German:Native Aluminium

Greek:Αργίλιο

Haitian:Aliminyòm

Hebrew:אלומיניום

Hindi:एलुमिनियम

Hungarian:Alumínium

Icelandic:Ál

Ido:Aluminio

Irish Gaelic:Alúmanam

Italian:Alluminio

Japanese:自然アルミニウム

Javanese:Alumunium

Kapampangan:Aluminiu

Korean:알루미늄

Kurdish (Latin Script):Bafûn

Latin:Native Aluminium

Latvian:Alumīnijs

Lithuanian:Aliuminis

Lojban:Jinmrmalume

Low Saxon/Low German:Native Aluminium

Luxembourgish:Native Aluminium

Macedonian:Алуминиум

Malay:Native Aluminium

Malayalam:അലൂമിനിയം

Manx:Ollymin

Marathi:ऍल्युमिनियम

Min Nan:Al

Mongolian:Хөнгөн цагаан

Norwegian:Native Aluminium

Norwegian (Nynorsk):Native Aluminium

Novial:Aluminie

Occitan:Alumini

Polish:Glin

Portuguese:Alumínio

Quechua:Ch'aqu q'illay

Ripuarian:Allu

Romanian:Aluminiu

Russian:Алюминий

Saterland Frisian:Native Aluminium

Scottish Gaelic:Almain

Serbian:Алуминијум

Serbo-Croatian:Aluminijum

Sicilian:Alluminiu

Simplified Chinese:自然铝

Slovak:Hliník

Slovenian:Aluminij

Spanish:Aluminio

Swahili:Alumini

Swedish:Native Aluminium

Tajik (Cyrillic Script):Алюминий

Tamil:அலுமினியம்

Telugu:అల్యూమినియం

Thai:อะลูมิเนียม

Traditional Chinese:自然鋁

Turkish:Alüminyum

Ukrainian:Алюміній

Uzbek (Latin Script):Alyuminiy

Vietnamese:Nhôm

Welsh:Alwminiwm

Yoruba:Aluminiọmu

Relationship of Native Aluminium to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Nickel Group

Other Members of Nickel Group:

Native Lead	Pb	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
Native Nickel	Ni	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m

Common AssociatesHide

Associations Based on Photo Data:

5 photos of Native Aluminium associated with Native Lead	Pb
3 photos of Native Aluminium associated with Magnetite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄
3 photos of Native Aluminium associated with Native Tin	Sn
2 photos of Native Aluminium associated with Akdalaite	Al₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂
2 photos of Native Aluminium associated with Cerussite	PbCO₃
2 photos of Native Aluminium associated with Hematite	Fe₂O₃
1 photo of Native Aluminium associated with Bayerite	Al(OH)₃
1 photo of Native Aluminium associated with Kryachkoite	(Al,Cu)₆(Fe,Cu)
1 photo of Native Aluminium associated with Khatyrkite	(Cu,Zn)Al₂

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

1.AA.	Jonlarsenite	Al₄Cu₉	Iso. 43m : P43m
1.AA.	Pratesiite	AgCuTe₂	Orth. mm2 : Pmm2
1.AA.05	Native Lead	Pb	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
1.AA.05a	Auricupride Subgroup
1.AA.05	Native Nickel	Ni	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
1.AA.05	Native Silver	Ag	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
1.AA.05	'UM2004-08-E:AuCuPd'	Cu₂PdAu
1.AA.05	'UM1991-06-E:AuCu'	Au₃Cu
1.AA.05	Steinhardtite	Al_0.38Ni_0.32Fe_0.30	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Im3m
1.AA.05	Native Gold	Au	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
1.AA.05	Native Copper	Cu	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
1.AA.05	Copper Group
1.AA.10a	Cuproauride	Cu₃Au
1.AA.10b	Tetra-auricupride	AuCu	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4/mmm
1.AA.10a	Auricupride	Cu₃Au	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Pm3m
1.AA.10	Nickel Group
1.AA.15	Anyuiite	AuPb₂	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : I4/mcm
1.AA.15	Novodneprite	AuPb₃	Tet. 42m : I42m
1.AA.15	'UM1985-02-E:AlZn'	(Zn,Cu)Al₂
1.AA.15	Khatyrkite	(Cu,Zn)Al₂	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : I4/mcm
1.AA.20	Cupalite	(Cu,Zn)Al	Orth.
1.AA.25	Hunchunite	Au₂Pb	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m)
1.AA.30	Stolperite	AlCu	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Pm3m
1.AA.35	Hollisterite	Al₃Fe	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
1.AA.40	Icosahedrite	Al₆₃Cu₂₄Fe₁₃	Icos. 53m : Fm35
1.AA.45	Kryachkoite	(Al,Cu)₆(Fe,Cu)	Orth. mm2 : Cmc2₁
1.AA.50	Proxidecagonite	Al₃₄Ni₉Fe₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnma

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

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Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 113: 210-215.

Oleinikov, B.V., Okrugin, A.V., Leskova, N.V. (1978) Petrological significance of the occurence of native aluminum in basites. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 243, 191-194 (in Russian).

Fleischer, M.; Mandarino, J.A.; Pabst, A. (1980) New mineral names. American Mineralogist, 65 (1-2). 205-210

Dombrovskaya, Zh. V., Novgorodova, M. I., Borisovskiy, S. Ye. (1985) NATIVE ALUMINUM IN GIBBSITE-ALUNITE-HALLOYSITE ROCKS NEAR LAKE BAIKAL. International Geology Review, 27 (2) 212-222 doi:10.1080/00206818509466408

Stolyarov, I. S., Silenko, T. M., Ryabeva, Ye. G., Yurkina, K. V. (1988) NATIVE ALUMINUM FROM THE UKACHILKAN TIN DEPOSIT, NORTHEASTERN YAKUTIA. International Geology Review, 30 (10) 1136-1140 doi:10.1080/00206818809466094

Dekov, Vesselin M., Mandova, Elena D., Dimitrov, Kalin B., Rekkalov, Krassimir N. (1995) Native aluminium in metalliferous sediments from the East Pacific Rise axial zone (21°S) Marine Geology, 123 (1) 87-103 doi:10.1016/0025-3227(95)80006-w

Iyer, Sridhar D., Mascarenhas-Pereira, M.B.L., Nath, B. Nagender (2007) Native aluminium (spherules and particles) in the Central Indian Basin sediments: Implications on the occurrence of hydrothermal events. Marine Geology, 240 (1) 177-184 doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2007.02.004

Dekov, V. M.; Arnaudov, V.; Munnik, F.; Boycheva, T. B.; Fiore, S. (2009) Native aluminum: Does it exist? American Mineralogist, 94 (8). 1283-1286 doi:10.2138/am.2009.3236

Chen, Zhong, Huang, ChiYue, Wu, BiHao, Zhao, MeiXun, Yan, Wen (2010) Discovery of native aluminum and its possible origin from prospective gas hydrate areas in the South China Sea. Science China Earth Sciences, 53 (3) 335-344 doi:10.1007/s11430-010-0018-y

Chen, Zhong, Huang, Chi-Yue, Zhao, Meixun, Yan, Wen, Chien, Chih-Wei, Chen, Muhong, Yang, Huaping, Machiyama, Hideaki, Lin, Saulwood (2011) Characteristics and possible origin of native aluminum in cold seep sediments from the northeastern South China Sea. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 40 (1) 363-370 doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.06.006

Ma, C., Lin, C., Bindi, L., Steinhardt, P.J. (2016) Discovery of new Al-Cu-Fe minerals in the Khatyrka CV3 meteorite. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society.

Anthony, John W., Bideaux, Richard A., Bladh, Kenneth W., Nichols, Monte C. - Eds. (2016) Handbook of Mineralogy. https://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/

Silaev, V. I., Vergasova, L. P., Vasil’ev, E. A., Karpov, G. A., Sukharev, A. E., Filatov, S. K. (2016) Microparagenesis of diamonds and native aluminum in ejecta of recent volcanism. Journal of Volcanology and Seismology, 10 (1). 64-70 doi:10.1134/s074204631601005x

(2021) Aluminium. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

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Austria
Carinthia Spittal an der Drau District Flattach Wurten ⓘ Hochwurten	Paar et al. (2019)

Azerbaijan
Baku City ⓘ Bulla Island	Novgorodova M.I. (caspian Sea)

Belarus
Mogilev Region Babruysk District ⓘ Bobruisk Ring Structure	Levitskiy I.V. et al. (2024) +1 other reference

Bulgaria
Kyustendil Province ⓘ Unnamed pegmatite	Dekov et al. (2009)

Cameroon
South Region Dja-Et-Lobo Djoum ⓘ Nkout Fe deposit	Anderson et al. (2014)

China
Guangdong Chaozhou Raoping Co. ⓘ Lianhuashan W-Au deposit	Anthony +1 other reference
Guizhou Qianxinan Anlong County ⓘ Getang Au-Sb deposit	Anthony
Henan Nanyang Xichuan County ⓘ Maotang Au deposit ?	Zongli Deng and Shoujing Jiao (1990)
Jiangsu Lianyungang Donghai Co. Maobei ⓘ CCSD Main Hole	Jingsui Yang et al. (2006)
Tibet Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture) Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.) ⓘ Luobusha ophiolite ("Luobusa ophiolite")	Wenji Bai et al. (2001)

Egypt
New Valley Governorate Libyan Desert Glass area (Libyan Desert Glass strewn field) ⓘ Hypatia meteorite	Belyanin et al. (2018)

Italy
Liguria Genoa Genoa Borzoli ⓘ Mt. Ramazzo Mine ?	- (n.d.) +2 other references

New Zealand
Otago Region ⓘ Clipper-1	Newman (2015)

Norway
Akershus Lillestrøm Skedsmo Berger ⓘ NMM/L2 micrometeorite	Bindi et al. (2025)

Russia
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Anadyrsky District Iomrautvaam massif ⓘ Khatyrka meteorite	Bindi et al. (2015)
Kamchatka Krai Milkovsky District ⓘ Tolbachik Volcanic field	Gordeev et al. (2014)
ⓘ Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture)	Mandarino (2000)
Ust-Kamchatsky District ⓘ Unspecified Pt-Au placer
Yelizovsky District ⓘ Karymskii volcano	Karpov et al. (2010)
ⓘ Mutnovskoe	Okrugin (2004)
Krasnoyarsk Krai Maimecha and Kotui Rivers Basin ⓘ Gulinskii massif (Guli)	Malitch et al. (2013)
Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug Taimyr Peninsula Norilsk-Talnakh Mining Region ⓘ Nizhnefokinskii Intrusion	Pekov (1998)
ⓘ Tseochechnyl Intrusion	Oleinikov et al. (1978)
Orenburg Oblast Yasnensky District ⓘ Kumak ore field	M.I. Novgorodova Doklady AN SSSR
Primorsky Krai Krasnoarmeysky District Roshchino ⓘ Kedrovaya river	chemistry and genesis et al. (in Russian) +1 other reference
Mikhaylovsky District ⓘ Pavlovskoe REE-coal deposit	V.V. Seredin data +1 other reference
ⓘ Sakha	[World of Stones 12:49]
Aldan ⓘ Lebedinoe Au Deposit (Nezametnyi Mine)	Shcheka et al. (2006)
ⓘ Billeekh Intrusion (TL)	Anthony et al. (2016)
ⓘ Dike OB-255 (TL)	Oleinikov et al. (1978)
Mirninsky District Vilyui River Basin Lower Khann'ya River ⓘ Ust'-Khann'ya Intrusion	Pekov (1998)
Northern Yakutia Olenyok (Olenek) river basin West Ukukit kimberlite field ⓘ "Leningrad" kimberlite pipe	Koval'skii et al. (1985) +1 other reference
Sakhalin Oblast Kuril Islands Kurilsky District Iturup Island ⓘ Kudriavy volcano	Yudovskaya et al. (2006)
Sverdlovsk Oblast ⓘ Bogomol Deposit	Azovskova et al. (2013, January)
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug ⓘ Rai-Iz Ophiolite Massif	6th orogenic lherzolite conference 2014 ... +1 other reference

South China Sea
ⓘ Core ROV-G	Chen et al. (2011)

Venezuela
Bolívar Gran Sabana Municipality ⓘ Roraima Sur Cave System	Franco Urbani et al. (2007) +2 other references
ⓘ Unspecified Caves ?	Franco Urbani (2009)

The Moon
Apollonius Highlands ⓘ Luna 20 landing site	Mokhov A.V. et al. (2007)

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