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Dzhalindite

Formula:
In(OH)
 
3
System:IsometricColour:Translucent Yellow-brown

Classification of Dzhalindite

IMA status:Approved
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/F.15-20
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.FC.05

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
F : Hydroxides (without V or U)
C : Hydroxides with OH, without H2O; corner-sharing octahedra
Dana 8th edition ID:6.3.5.1

6 : HYDROXIDES AND OXIDES CONTAINING HYDROXYL
3 : X(OH)3
Hey's CIM Ref.:7.7.4

7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
7 : Oxides of Group III metals other than Al
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Type Occurrence of Dzhalindite

Type Locality:Dzhalinda Sn Deposit, Malyi Khingan Range, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Year of Discovery:1963

Physical Properties of Dzhalindite

Colour:Translucent Yellow-brown

Crystallography of Dzhalindite

Crystal System:Isometric
Cell Parameters:a = 7.95Å
Unit Cell Volume:V 502.46 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Dzhalindite

Type:Isotropic

Chemical Properties of Dzhalindite

Formula:
In(OH)
 
3
Essential elements:H, In, O
All elements listed in formula:H, In, O

Relationship of Dzhalindite to other Species

Member of Group:
Söhngeite Group:
M(OH)
 
3
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
4.FC.05Bernalite
Fe(OH)
 
3
· nH
 
2
O (n = 0.0 to 0.25)
4.FC.05Söhngeite
Ga(OH)
 
3
4.FC.10Burtite
Ca[Sn(OH)
 
6
]
4.FC.10Mushistonite
(Cu,Zn,Fe
2+
 
)[Sn(OH)
 
6
]
4.FC.10Natanite
Fe
2+
 
[Sn(OH)
 
6
]
4.FC.10Schoenfliesite
Mg[Sn(OH)
 
6
]
4.FC.10Vismirnovite
Zn[Sn(OH)
 
6
]
4.FC.10Wickmanite
Mn
2+
 
[Sn(OH)
 
6
]
4.FC.15Jeanbandyite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)[Sn
4+
 
(OH)
 
6
]
4.FC.15Mopungite
Na[Sb
5+
 
(OH)
 
6
]
4.FC.15Stottite
Fe
2+
 
[Ge
4+
 
(OH)
 
6
]
4.FC.15Tetrawickmanite
Mn
2+
 
[Sn
4+
 
(OH)
 
6
]
4.FC.20Ferronigerite-2N1S
Sn(Fe,Mg)Al
 
6
O
 
11
(OH)
4.FC.20Magnesionigerite-6N6S
Sn(Mg,Fe)
 
2
Al
 
8
O
 
15
(OH)
4.FC.20Magnesionigerite-2N1S
Sn(Mg,Fe)Al
 
6
O
 
11
(OH)
4.FC.20Ferronigerite-6N6S
Sn(Fe,Mg)
 
2
Al
 
8
O
 
15
(OH)
4.FC.20Zinconigerite-2N1S
Sn(Zn,Fe,Mg)Al
 
6
O
 
11
(OH)
4.FC.20Zinconigerite-6N6S
4.FC.25Magnesiotaaffeite-6N’3S
(Mg,Fe,Zn)
 
2
Al
 
6
BeO
 
12
4.FC.25Magnesiotaaffeite-2N’2S
Mg
 
3
Al
 
8
BeO
 
16
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
7.7.1Söhngeite
Ga(OH)
 
3
7.7.2Cerianite-(Ce)
(Ce
4+
 
,Th)O
 
2
7.7.3Avicennite
Tl
 
2
O
 
3

Other Names for Dzhalindite

Synonyms:
Jalindite
Other Languages:
German:Dzhalindit
Jalindit
Russian:Джалиндит
Spanish:Dzhalindita
Jalindita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Dzhalindite

Reference List:American Mineralogist: 49: 439.

Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 92(4): 445-457.

Acta Chemica Scandinavica: 21: 1046-1056.

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