Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)

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Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma

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Mogok (city) and other villages nearby have been famous since ancient times for its gemstones. The gems are found in alluvial marble gravels which derive from the metamorphosed limestones (marbles) of the Mogok metamorphic belt.

NOTE: Many specimens (e.g., mushroom tourmalines) labeled "Mogok" actually come from Momeik Township in adjacent Shan State.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Aegirine
var: Titanoan Aegirine
Albite
var: Oligoclase
Almandine
Amblygonite
Andalusite
'Apatite'
Baddeleyite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Goshenite
Bismite
Brockite
Calcite
Cancrinite
Cassiterite
Chondrodite
Chrysoberyl
var: Alexandrite
Columbite-(Mn)
Cordierite
Corundum
var: Ruby
var: Sapphire
Danburite
Diamond
Diopside

Dravite
Edenite
Ekanite
Elbaite
Enstatite
Epidote
Euclase
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
Fergusonite-(Y)
Ferrohögbomite-2N2S
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Fluoro-edenite
Foitite
Forsterite
'Garnet'
Geikielite
Graphite
Hematite
Herderite
Hibonite
Ilmenite
Jadeite
Johachidolite
Kornerupine
'Lapis Lazuli'

Lazurite
Magnesiosadanagaite
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N’2S
Meionite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Monazite-(Ce)
Montebrasite
'Moonstone'
Muscovite
'Olivine
var: Peridot'
Oxycalciopyrochlore
var: Titan-uranoan Oxycalciopyrochlore
Painite (TL)
Pargasite
Phenakite
Phlogopite
Poudretteite
Protojoséite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
var: Zero valent dominant member of Pyrochlore Group
~~Pyrope~~
Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
var: Smoky Quartz
Rutile
Sanidine
'Scapolite'

Scheelite
Schorl
Serendibite
Sillimanite
Sinhalite
Sodalite
var: Hackmanite
'Sodalite Group'
Spessartine
Spinel
var: Pleonaste
Spodumene
Tellurite
Thorite
Titanite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
'Unnamed (Al-Th Oxide)'
Unnamed (Gd-dominant monazite)
Uvite
Vesuvianite
Wollastonite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon
var: Hafnian Zircon
'Zirconolite-3T'

121 entries listed. 79 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region

Burma (Myanmar)

Mandalay Division
- Pyin-Oo-Lwin District
  - Mogok Township

Burma (Myanmar)

Mandalay Division
- Pyin-Oo-Lwin District
  - Mogok Township
    - Kyauk-Pyat-Thet
      - Wetloo quarter
        Hinthar Hill
    - Le-O (Le U)
      - Oh Saung Taung (Oak-Saung Taung; Oakssaung Hill; Phayar Taung)
    - Le-U-le-taw area
    - Nampai Valley
      - Nam Sèka Mine (Namsèka)
    - Ohn-bin-ywe-htwet Mine (Coconut Tree Mine)
    - Ohngaing (Ohn Gaing; Ohn Kai)
    - Pandaw Village
    - Pein Pyit (Painpyit; Pyan Pyit)
      - Pan Da Oo Mine
      - Pyant Gyi mine (Pyan Gyi)
    - Sakangyi
    - Thabapin
    - Thurein Taung
      - Myan Gyi (Myaing-Gyi) mine

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References

- Themelis, T. (2000): Mogok-Valley of Rubies & Sapphires. A&T Publ., USA, 270 pp.
- Themelis, T. (2008): Gems & Mines of Mogôk. A&T Publ., USA, 352 pp.

External Links

- http://www.themelis.com/
- http://www.gemresearch.ch/mogok/images/mgkmap.gif
- Strahlen Foundation Website

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