Cadmoindite

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Cadmoindite
General
Category Sulfide mineral
Thiospinel group
Spinel structural group
Formula
(repeating unit)
CdIn2S4
Strunz classification 02.DA.05
Crystal symmetry Isometric hexoctahedral
H-M symbol (4/m 3 2/m) space group Fd3m
Unit cell a = 10.81 Å; Z = 8
Identification
Formula mass 470.32 g
Color Black to dark brown
Crystal habit Microscopic octahedral crystals
Crystal system Cubic
Fracture Conchoidal
Luster Adamantine
Diaphaneity translucent
Optical properties Isotropic
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Cadmoindite (CdIn2S4) is a rare cadmium indium sulfide mineral discovered in Siberia around the vent of a high-temperature (450–600 °C) fumarole at the Kudriavy volcano, Iturup Island in the Kuril Islands. It has also been reported from the Kateřina Coal Mine in Bohemia, Czech Republic.[2]

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