indite
Sign in to saveIndite is an extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral, found in Siberia. Its chemical formula is FeIn2S4.
Key facts
- Mineral.gravity
- 4.67
- Mineral.name
- Indite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfide mineral Thiospinel group Spinel structural group
- Mineral.formula
- FeIn2S4
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Idt
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.DA.05
- Mineral.dana
- 02.10.01.12
- Mineral.color
- Black
- Mineral.habit
- Massive, granular
- Mineral.system
- Cubic
- Mineral.class
- Hexoctahedral (mm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Fdm
- Mineral.mohs
- 5
- Mineral.luster
- Metallic
- Mineral.diaphaneity
- Opaque
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- Dzhalindite & Indite.jpg
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Idt
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/C.01
- chemical formula
- FeIn₂S₄
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.DA.05
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.DA.05
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Indite is an extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral, found in Siberia. Its chemical formula is FeIn2S4.
It occurs as replacement of cassiterite in hydrothermal deposits. It is associated with dzhalindite, cassiterite and quartz. It was first described in 1963 for an occurrence in the Dzhalinda tin deposit, Malyi Khingan Range, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia.
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cassiterite
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cubic crystal system
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