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Dzhalindite & Indite

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Dzhalindite & Indite

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Description
Locality: 
Dzhalinda, Malyi Khingan Range, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm
Description

Whitish crystal aggregates of the extremely rare indium  mineral dzhalindite associated to metallic minoritary also indium mineral indite from the type locality for both minerals, in a  capsule.

Indium minerals are extremely rare in Nature since only 17 of 6035 known mineral species are In minerals (source Mindat). 

This specimen has 2 of these 17 In species !!

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dzhalindite

Formula: 
In(OH)3
Strunz: 
4.FC.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Dzhalinda Sn Deposit, Malyi Khingan Range, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

Indite

Formula: 
FeIn2S4
Strunz: 
2.DA.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Dzhalinda Sn Deposit, Malyi Khingan Range, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

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