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Sapphire from
Cambodia


Locality type:Country
Classification
Species:Corundum var: Sapphire
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sapphire data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cambodia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:138610
Long-form Identifier:1:3:138610:3
GUID (UUID V4):a36fd81b-b110-4005-b7f9-849d499c604b
Localities for Sapphire in this Region
Bolanh, Samlot field, Battambang Province, Cambodia
Chamnop (Chum Nop; Chamna), Koh Kong Province, Cambodia
Ba Kev (Bokeo; Bakeo; Bo Khev; Andaung Pich; Andaung Pech; Phumi Ba Kev; Phum Ba Key), Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia
Pailin District, Pailin Province, Cambodia
Bo Pie Rin Mine (Hills of Precious Stones Mine), Pailin District, Pailin Province, Cambodia
Phnom Ko Ngoap, Pailin District, Pailin Province, Cambodia
Phnum O Tang, Pailin District, Pailin Province, Cambodia
Phnum Yat, Pailin District, Pailin Province, Cambodia
Suon Umpal, Pailin District, Pailin Province, Cambodia
Preăh Vihéar Province, Cambodia
Phnom Chnuon, Preăh Vihéar Province, Cambodia
Phum Thmei (1), Preăh Vihéar Province, Cambodia
Phum Thmei (2), Preăh Vihéar Province, Cambodia
Ba Kev (Bo Kheo; Bo Kham; Bokeo; Phumi Ba Key; Andaung Pich; Andaung Pech), Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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proposed for volcanically transported ruby and sapphire deposits around the world. In this contribution...Chantaburi-Trat region of Thailand and the Pailin region of Cambodia. The similarities between Thai/Cambodian rubies...corundum ought to be used with caution. Keywords: Sapphire, ruby, Yogo Gulch, melt inclusions, corundum,...the southeastern Asian nations of Thailand and Cambodia are important major historic producers of rubies...spanning the southern border between Thailand and Cambodia. In Thailand, the gems fields are found in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
corundum deposits are typically divided into blue sapphire and ruby deposits. However, this classification...border between Thailand and Cambodia at Chanthaburi, Thailand, and Pailin, Cambodia) or predominantly blue...sapphires with rare rubies (secondary Montana sapphire deposits and Yogo Gulch in Montana as well as...trace element profiles and inclusions in the blue sapphire/ruby assemblages in these deposits shows that...a spectacular ruby. Keywords: corundum; ruby; sapphire; gemology; geology of gem deposits 1. Introduction
Report (volume)
world. Concise Field Report Volume 1: Pailin, Cambodia (Dec 2008 – Feb 2009) Vincent Pardieu GIA Laboratory...Figure 1: Rough natural ruby and blue sapphire from Pailin, Cambodia. Photo: V.Pardieu/GIA Laboratory Bangkok............................. 15 Note about blue sapphire mining near Pailin: ............................would first focus on South East Asian ruby and sapphire deposits. These deposits were conveniently local...well. Pailin is also a very interesting ruby and sapphire mining area that has produced basalt related gems
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1007/s00126-014-0545-0 LETTER Vanadium-rich ruby and sapphire within Mogok Gemfield, Myanmar: implications for...elsewhere. Precise LAICP-MS analysis of ruby and sapphire from Mogok placer and in situ deposits reveal...contemporary gems and jewelry. Keywords Ruby . Sapphire . Color . LA-ICP-MS . Vanadium . Mogok . Myanmar...several countries, including Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Kenya, Afghanistan, Madagascar, Pakistan...chromophores in corundum, the resulting blue gem is a sapphire. For rubies, as with many gemstones, color (as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1, Table 2). In the Pailin alluvial deposit (Cambodia), Sutherland et al. (1998a) and Saminpanya et...Metamorphic blue sapphires 1 — Pailin pastel (Cambodia) 12 — Ilakaka (S Madagascar) 13 — Ratnapura, Balangoda...(2007) 261–274 Magmatic blue sapphire from alkali basalts 1 — Pailin (Cambodia) 2 — Houai Sai (N Laos) 3...Metamorphic blue sapphires 1 — Pailin pastel (Cambodia) 12 — Ilakaka (S Madagascar) 13 — Ratnapura, Balangoda...(2007) 261–274 Magmatic blue sapphire from alkali basalts 1 — Pailin (Cambodia) 1.4 2 — Houai Sai (N Laos)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abstract: Kyshtymites are the unique corundum-blue sapphire-bearing variety of anorthosites of debatable geological...Russia. Their mineral association includes corundum-sapphire, plagioclase (An61–93 ), muscovite, clinochlore...cannot provide an unambiguous determination of sapphire origin. If it is true and zircons can be used...event at 290–330 Ma as recorded in zircon and sapphire zoning. On the other hand, Ti-in-zircon thermometer...are required. Keywords: blue sapphire; anorthosites; kyshtymites; sapphire geochemistry; IlmenogorskyVishnevogorsky
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(U-Th)/He geochronology to zircon megacrysts from Cambodia and Thailand. These zircon megacrysts formed in...geology Southeast Asia, including Thailand and Cambodia, comprises two dominant crustal blocks, the Indochina...which extends from eastern Thailand, Laos, across Cambodia and into southern Vietnam, rifted away from the...grains in the Ratanakiri Volcanic Province (eastern Cambodia; Cong et al., 2016; Piilonen et al., 2018). Bang...associated with alluvial gem deposits including zircon, sapphire and ruby. Basanite, nephelinite, 4 hawaiite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SOME GEM OCCURRENCES IN CAMBODIA By E. Saurín Services des Mines de la Directorate Des Mines et de l'Industrie...Des Etats du Cambodge) In Cambodia there are occurrences of (ruby and sapphire) and zircon. All the fields...surface by basalt flows. The various fields known in Cambodia are: Pailin, where sapphires and a few rubies...there is no distinction between sapphire and what is known as white sapphire (in fact zircon). In 1939, the...was previously an STEM - CLV - CR. 0.2Z Map of Cambodia (Cambodge) showing the location of the 1-Pailin
Book
Blue = sapphire All other colours are termed sapphire with the colour prefix (e.g. yellow sapphire) Phenomena:...o-ray = purplish red; e-ray = orangy red Blue sapphire: o-ray = violetish blue; e-ray = greenish blue...nm, and general absorption of the violet Blue sapphire (Fe + Ti) = Three lines at 451.5 (strongest),...to strong red (long wave and short wave) Blue sapphire = various reactions (see text) Natural inclusions:...swirls), etc. Major sources: Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, India, Australia, Kenya, Tanzania
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Color Zonation and Chemical Composition of Penglai Sapphire in Hainan Province, China Guang-Ya Wang 1,2 ,...(LA–ICP– MS). The results show that the Penglai sapphire has a magmatic origin, mostly showing various...in rims is higher than in cores of color-banded sapphire, which results from ubiquitous Ti-bearing inclusions...sapphires. Sapphire in Hainan Province, China. Minerals 2022, 12, 832. https:// Keywords: sapphire; color...Introduction Gem-grade corundum is also known as sapphire and ruby. As a variant of natural α-Al2 O3 , corundum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
uncommon on Earth but the gem varieties of ruby and sapphire are relatively rare. Gem corundum deposits are...Phrom, BoChanthaburi-Trat Rai, Nong Bon). (Bo Cambodia: (57) Australia: Lava Plains; (56) Waen, Bo NaPailin...Japan: Phrom,(58) Bo Ida. Rai, Nong Bon).(59) Cambodia: (57)(60) Pailin, Anakie fields-Rubyvale; (61)...isplayers famous having produ (Chanthaburi-Trat mines) Cambodia (PailinTract and Samlaut) serious in thefor 1970s...Hsu ding Thailand (Chanthaburi-Trat mines) and Cambodia (PailinIn the and Samlaut) as ser in Eastern Myanmar
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minerals Article Naryn-Gol Creek Sapphire Placer Deposit, Buryatia, Russia Evgeniy V. Kislov 1, * ,...volcanic field (Russia). In this placer deposit, sapphire associates with large crystals of garnet, spinel...Southeastern Asia and Australia. We have also found sapphire crystals in phonotephrites of the nearby Cenozoic...valley flood basalts. The chemical composition of sapphire is generally typical for ‘basalt’ corundum: it...igneous rocks. Etched and corroded surfaces of sapphire and other megacrysts indicate that they are in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alkaline Basalts of the Ratanakiri Volcanic Province (Cambodia), Article Southeastfrom Asia—Trace ElementBasalts...the Ratanakiri Volcanic Composition, Province (Cambodia), Geochronology—Revelations intoO-Hf the Underlying...xenocrysts from alkali basalts in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia represent a unique low-Hf zircon from within a...xenocrysts alkali basalts Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia represent a unique low-Hf zircon ({100}, within...paleo-alluvial gem deposits occur in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos, as deposits in a belt Minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ACT 2601, Australia ABSTR ACT The Denchai gem sapphire deposits in Phrae Province, northern Thailand...sapphires to CO2-rich alkaline magmatism. K EY WORDS : sapphire, fluid and melt inclusions, alkaline magmatism...corundum genesis remains uncertain. The Denchai gem sapphire deposits are located in Phrae Province, northern...GULF OF THAILAND 0 11 5 10 Km Denchai Basalt Sapphire localities Studied samples River & streams Highway...distribution of the basalt outcrops, drainage pattern and sapphire localities in the Denchai area, northern Thailand
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The earth and streams of Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia yield rubies and sapphires, while the warm, clear...Mogok and its environs possess large deposits of sapphire, diamond, spinel, peridot, apatite, scapolite...poets as having a trunk of diamond and roots of sapphire. Its topaz branches dripped with pearls and sprouted...naoratna as ruby, diamond, pearl, coral, zircon, sapphire, topaz, chrysoberyl cat’s eye and emerald. In...with 5,448 diamonds and 2,317 pieces of ruby, sapphire and topaz. An enormous emerald is set at the tip
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gem corundum, LA-ICP-MS, oxygen isotopes, ruby, sapphire. INTRODUCTION The use of trace elements and oxygen...alluvial sapphire deposits derived from a mostly eroded lava field (Pecover 1996). Rare sapphire xenocrysts...oxygen-isotope analyses come from This large sapphire field in the eastern Central Volcanic Province...zircon. It includes some of the highest grade sapphire deposits in the world (MacNevin 1972; Coenraads...Vickery et al. 2007), Rubyvale area (unlocalised) Sapphire (Mary Anne Gully) Nullamanna (Frazer Creek) Swan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
megacrysts of other important gem materials (e.g., sapphire, garnet, and spinel), as reported from various...various localities, including Australia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Minerals 2019, 9, 89; doi:10.3390/min9020089...zircon found in placers in the Ratanakiri district, Cambodia [13]. The Vietnamese zircon deposits are known...megacrysts from Cenozoic basalts in northeastern Cambodia crystallized in the mantle during metasomatic...enclosed in the alkali basalt from Ratanakiri, Cambodia, and suggested a single stage growth in a carbonate-influenced
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 21±38 Basalt petrology, zircon ages and sapphire genesis from Dak Nong, southern Vietnam 1 1 ...Switzerland 2 ABS TR ACT Basalts associated with sapphire deposits are widespread in Europe, Africa, Asia...crustal fluids. ÿ d K EY WORDS : ÿ % % ÿ ÿ sapphire, basalt, petrography, geochemistry, zircon, U-Pb...their host rocks. New oxygen isotopic data on sapphire and ruby originating from different kinds of protolith...of Tertiary and Quaternary basalts and related sapphire deposits in southeast Asia with K-Ar and Ar-Ar
Journal (issue)
536 Geographic Origin Determination of Blue Sapphire Aaron C. Palke, Sudarat Saeseaw, Nathan D. Renfro...Shane F. McClure In some cases, the value of a sapphire depends strongly on its geographic origin. This...details the origin data GIA has collected for blue sapphire and describes its methodology for using the data...left: a 64.45 mm Sri Lankan sapphire crystal, a 24.34 ct Sri Lankan blue sapphire, two cuprian tourmalines...and 45.74 ct), a 16.65 mm pink-purple Sri Lankan sapphire crystal, a 10.90 ct Burmese ruby, and an 11.11
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Determination of the Geographic Origin of Ruby and Sapphire Using an Expanded Trace Element Suite Plus Sr–Pb...China and many parts of SE Asia (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar and Malaysia)...a rare peraluminous ensemble in which ruby and sapphire associate with spinel and sapphirine in a highly...Afghanistan; Morogoro, Tanzania. Metamorphic blue sapphire deposits included Andilamena and Andrebabe, Madagascar;...high-Fe metamorphic ruby, marble-type ruby and blue sapphire fall into discrete fields with only minor overlaps
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a rare peraluminous ensemble in which ruby and sapphire associate with spinel and sapphirine in a highly...Afghanistan; Morogoro, Tanzania. Metamorphic blue sapphire deposits included Andilamena and Andrebabe, Madagascar;...high-Fe metamorphic ruby, marble-type ruby and blue sapphire fall into discrete fields with only minor overlaps...figure of element arrays for the main ruby and sapphire groups, and On-Line and Off-Line solutions were...color in comparison to the other colored variety sapphire. The two varieties, however, can occur together
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- by richard w. hughes I - ,=: CJ? UBY & SAPPHIRE is a journey into one of mankind's most fascinating...than yawns is always a scarce item. But Ruby & Sapphire is just such a book-a rare combination of face...fun, the pertinent and che peculiar. Open Ruby & Sapphire and you seep into a secret world where, with each...amazing and colorful tales within. Bur Ruby & Sapphire is also 1nuch more. T he product of over 15 years...a virtual encyclopedia of the subject. Ruby & Sapphire highlights: • Side-by-side photos illustrate color
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1988, pp. 875-880 GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE YOGO SAPPHIRE DEPOSIT, MONTANA ARTHUR H. BROWNLOW Departmentof...approximately16 millioncaratsvaluedin the rough The Yogo sapphire deposit is located in central Montanaapproximately72...occurrence,properties,and possibleoriginsof the Yogo sapphire. Mining history In 1895 placerminingfor goldalongYogoCreek...deposit,Pirssondiscussedthe petrography of the sapphire-bearing rock,andPrattdealtwith the crystallography...ø YogoPeak over a radiusof about 24 kin. The sapphire-bearingdike and a parallel dike 200 m north of
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of 28 with sufficient entry of Cr3+ , whereas sapphire develops blue, green, yellow purple, violet, mauve...Australia is particularly noted for widespread placer sapphire deposits [2,3] and only scattered ruby-bearing...syenite pegmatite pegmatite dyke. dyke. Sapphire-bearing Sapphire-bearing lithologies lithologies intrude...marbles (blue (blue arrows), arrows),with with sapphire sapphiredeposits deposits(s, (s,inset). inset)...more abundant gem xenocrysts, largely zircon and sapphire, found within scattered alluvial placer deposits
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Kostitsyn and Vasiliy A. Kotlyarov Origin of Blue Sapphire in Newly Discovered Spinel–Chlorite–Muscovite...Alkaline Basalts of the Ratanakiri Volcanic Province (Cambodia), Southeast Asia—Trace Element Geochemistry, O-Hf...around the globe. Ruby is the red variety and sapphire is the blue variety, while all other coloured...sapphires and need a colour prefix (e.g., pink sapphire, yellow sapphire). A comparative study of ruby chemistry...xenocrysts from alkali basalts in Ratanakiri Province (Cambodia) suggest that their genesis involved zirconium-saturated
 
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