On-dan-pyant, On-dan, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (original) (raw)

On-dan-pyant, On-dan, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmari

Regional Level Types
On-dan-pyant - not defined -
On-dan - not defined -
Mogok Township Township
Pyin-Oo-Lwin District District
Mandalay Region Region
Myanmar Country

Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):

22° 57' 33'' North , 96° 14' 20'' East

Latitude & Longitude (decimal):

Nearest Settlements:

Place Population Distance
Mogok 90,843 (2016) 28.1km

Mindat Locality ID:

243790

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:243790:6

Other/historical names associated with this locality:

Burma

The sapphires are found in nepheline syenite rocks, exposed as segregation, and in the alluvium. Mining methods are and lebin-dwin.
Most of the sapphires are opaque, very dark blue to black, highly fractured, non-gem quality without gemmological interest. Some of these sapphires show six-sided outline but most of them lack crystal form. Nearly all sapphires are characterized by dense black silk, which cannot be removed by heat-treatment. At the same localion opaque, low quality pink-red spinels are found. - Ted Themelis (2008) Gems and Mines of Mogok

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Chemical Elements

Mineral List

4 valid minerals.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Corundum 4.CB.05 Al2O3
var. Sapphire 4.CB.05 Al2O3
Group 9 - Silicates
Almandine 9.AD.25 Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Thorite 9.AD.30 Th(SiO4)
Schorl 9.CK.05 NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

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