Reactive metals, such as Magnalium do not produce a glitter reaction in these formulas. All pumped stars were bound with 12% water. Strontium Carbonate used in these formulas can produce red electrics, but not glitters. The Aluminium is simply listed as “Atomised Aluminium” Taken from page 7 of ‘The Firemaker, Volume 1 Issue 1 Number 1, 1996’