Indite

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.[1][2] It was first described in 1963 for an occurrence in the Dzhalinda tin deposit, Malyi Khingan Range, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia.[3]

References

1. ^ a b http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/indite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
2. ^ a b http://webmineral.com/data/Indite.shtml Webmineral data
3. ^ http://www.mindat.org/min-2029.html Mindat

* Emsley, John. Nature's Building Blocks. Oxford, 2001. ISBN 0-19-850341-5
* Indium: Geology, Mineralogy, and Economics By Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera, Peter M. Herzig

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