Dzhalindite is an extremely rare indium

Indium

Indium is a chemical element with the symbol In and atomic number 49. This rare, very soft, malleable and easily fusible post-transition metal is chemically similar to gallium and thallium, and shows the intermediate properties between these two...

 hydroxide mineral, found in Siberia

Siberia

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. Its chemical formula

Chemical formula

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 is In(OH)₃.

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

Russia

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It has also been reported from Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant Caldera

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, New Brunswick

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, Canada

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; the Flambeau mine, Ladysmith

Ladysmith, Wisconsin

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, Rusk County, Wisconsin

Rusk County, Wisconsin

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, USA; in the Mangabeira tin

Tin

Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn and atomic number 50. It is a main group metal in group 14 of the periodic table. Tin shows chemical similarity to both neighboring group 14 elements, germanium and lead and has two possible oxidation states, +2 and the slightly more stable +4...

 deposit, Goiás

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, Brazil

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; Attica

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, mines of the Lavrion District, Greece

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; Erzgebirge, Saxony

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, Germany

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; the Krušné Hory Mountains of Bohemia

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, Czech Republic

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; the Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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; and the Arashan Massif of Tashkent

Tashkent

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, Uzbekistan

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