Pale tan crystal aggregates of the extremely rare indium mineral dzhalindite associated to metallic minoritary also indium mineral indite from the type locality for both minerals: Dzhalinda, Malyi Khingan Range, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Federation. Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium. — Photo: David Hospital · CC BY-SA 4.0
Indite
An extremely rare iron-indium sulfide replacing cassiterite in Siberian hydrothermal deposits.
Intro adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Indite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the sulfide class, with the chemical formula FeIn₂S₄.
It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system (space group Fd-3m). It is a member of the Spinel structural group.
Key properties: specific gravity 4.588; Metallic. R: (400) 26.3, (420) 26.9, (440) 27.5, (460) 27.9, (480) 28.0, (500) 27.8, (520) 27.4, (540) 27.0 luster.
IMA symbol Idt, IMA status: approved, named in 1963.
Of primary hydrothermal origin, replacing botryoidal cassiterite.
It is found associated with Cassiterite, dzhalindite.
The name refers to the indium in its composition.