Indite

General
Category| Sulfide mineral
Thiospinel group
Spinel structural group
Formula
(repeating unit)| FeIn2S4
Strunz classification| 2.DA.05
Dana classification| 02.10.01.12
Crystal system| Cubic
Crystal class| Hexoctahedral (m3m)
H-M symbol: (4/m 3 2/m)
Space group| Fd3m
Identification
Color| Black
Crystal habit| Massive, granular
Mohs scale hardness| 5
|re|er}}| Metallic
Diaphaneity| Opaque
Specific gravity| 4.67
References| [1][2][3]

Not to be confused with indict, to criminally accuse a person of a crime.

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.[5]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handbook of Mineralogy
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Webmineral data
3. ↑ https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?mineral=Indite Mineralienatlas
4. ↑ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine 85 (3): 291–320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. Bibcode: 2021MinM...85..291W.
5. ↑ Mindat

* Emsley, John. Nature's Building Blocks. Oxford, 2001. ISBN 0-19-850341-5
* Schwarz-Schampera, Ulrich; Herzig, Peter M. (2002-06-10). Indium: Geology, Mineralogy, and Economics. Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-43135-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=k7x_2_KnupMC&dq=Indite+indium&pg=PA1.

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