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'''Aluminum''' is a high-value decorative metal used to create [[furniture]] and other objects, but not forgable into [[weapon]]ry or [[armor]]. | '''Aluminum''' is a high-value decorative metal used to create [[furniture]] and other objects, but not forgable into [[weapon]]ry or [[armor]]. | ||
| − | With a [[material value]] of 40, aluminum is tied with [[platinum]] as the second-highest value [[metal]] in the game, after the | + | With a [[material value]] of 40, aluminum is tied with [[platinum]] as the second-highest value [[metal]] in the game, after the stand-alone [[adamantine]]. It also is the second lightest metal, again against [[adamantine]]. Its only [[ore]] is [[native aluminum]] and it is found only exceedingly rarely, appearing only in small [[cluster]]s and only in [[igneous extrusive]] [[stone layer]]s. |
[[File:Virgen de Quito Panecillo Detalle.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Aluminum statue.]] | [[File:Virgen de Quito Panecillo Detalle.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Aluminum statue.]] | ||
| − | ==Real World vs | + | ==Real World vs Dwarf Fortress:== |
Aluminum is actually the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust, and the third-most abundant element, but in the ''Dwarf Fortress'' world can only be sourced from pure deposits; as aluminum is highly reactive, these are exceedingly rare. This matches the metal's real life account, as until the invention of the [[wikipedia:Hall–Héroult process|Hall–Héroult process]] (which utilizes electrolysis and is thus beyond the technology level of the setting) in 1886/1888 and easy metal extraction from [[bauxite]], aluminum was many times more valuable than gold. | Aluminum is actually the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust, and the third-most abundant element, but in the ''Dwarf Fortress'' world can only be sourced from pure deposits; as aluminum is highly reactive, these are exceedingly rare. This matches the metal's real life account, as until the invention of the [[wikipedia:Hall–Héroult process|Hall–Héroult process]] (which utilizes electrolysis and is thus beyond the technology level of the setting) in 1886/1888 and easy metal extraction from [[bauxite]], aluminum was many times more valuable than gold. | ||