Bauxite, shown above, is the commercially important ore of Aluminum. It consists of a mixture of different aluminum oxides and is converted to the metal by an electrolytic process.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    —————————-                                                                                                                 Alunite is an aluminum mineral that has been proposed as a potential aluminum ore.

  Alunite is an aluminum mineral that has been proposed as a potential aluminum ore.