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Native Aluminium from
Roraima Sur Cave System, Gran Sabana Municipality, Bolívar, Venezuela


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Native Aluminium
Formula:Al
Comments:X-Ray Diffraction Scanning Electron Microscopy and Scanning Auger Microscopy
Habit:The mineral appears as 80-150 μm specks formed by agglomerates of 2 to 8 μm curved flake crystals with thickness of about 0.1 μm.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Aluminium data
Locality Data:Click here to view Roraima Sur Cave System, Gran Sabana Municipality, Bolívar, Venezuela
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:894898
Long-form Identifier:1:3:894898:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Franco Urbani, Carlos Rojas, Rafael Carreño and Ander De Abrisqueta (2007) SEM, SAM Characterization of a Native Aluminum Occurrence in the “Roraima South Cave System”, Venezuela. Acta Microscopica, Vol 16 No1-2, (Sup.2).
Urbani, F., Rojas, C., Abrisqueta, A., Carreño, R. (2015) A native aluminum occurrence in Roraima South Cave (Bo.93), Venezuela. Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Espeleología, 46, 30-36.
Urbani, F., Onac, B.P. (2017) A Native Aluminum Occurrence in Roraima South Cave, Venezuela. In: Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Speleology, Sydney 2017, Vol. I, p.264., Australian Speleological Federation Inc.
 
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