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Alexandrite from
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar


Locality type:Township
Classification
Species:Chrysoberyl var: Alexandrite
Formula:BeAl2O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alexandrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:142387
Long-form Identifier:1:3:142387:7
GUID (UUID V4):23db9214-58e6-4d9d-974f-337d8d7c1ceb
Localities for Alexandrite in this Region
Pingu-taung east, Kyatpyin Central, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Kyauk-sin (Rock Elephant), Kyatpyin North, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ohn-bin-ywe-htwet (Coconut Tree mine), Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (chapter)
deposits of Myanmar KYAW THU1* & KHIN ZAW2 1 Macle Gem Trade Laboratory, Yangon, Myanmar 2 CODES ARC...briefly the origins of the major gem deposits in Myanmar. Myanmar is fortunate in containing world-class gem...pigeon’s-blood-coloured ruby from the Mogok Stone Tract in Mandalay Division, the Mong Hsu ruby deposit...purposes of description the gemstone deposits in Myanmar are classified into: (1) primary hard-rock deposits...Examples of the primary-type gems are ruby in marble (Mogok, Mong Hsu and Sagyin), sapphire in syenite pegmatite
Journal (issue)
MOGOK! L L The Mineralogical Record JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2022 • VOLUME 53 • NUMBER 1 • $25 KRISTALLE...Articles History, Mines and Minerals of the Mogok Stone Tract, Mandalay Division, Burma .......................nicknamed “The King of Mogok” and more recently the “King of Freedom,” from Mogok, Burma. Federico Barlocher... History, Mines and Minerals of The Mogok Stone Tract Mandalay Division, Burma Thomas P. Moore1 Mark...Mark Mauthner2 Wendell Wilson3 Mogok has been famous for over two thousand years as the source of the world’s
Show/Event (guide)
Tucson, AZ 85705 in the center of the Mineral District. The mineralogy section of the mim today hosts...Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania. 14.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, mim specimen...Väyrynenite. Lolu Dahku mine, Roundu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. 14.5 x 3 x 2 cm,...Stibiotantalite. Urandu mine, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan,...photo Calcite twin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. 10.5 x 7.5 x 7 cm, mim specimen #1151:
Journal (issue)
INSTITUTE OF AMERICA Burmese Sapphire and Peridot from Mogok History of Emerald Mining at Habachtal, Part I New...EDITORIAL 291 Burmese Blue Sapphire and Peridot from Mogok and a History of Emerald Mining in Habachtal, Austria...FEATURE ARTICLES p. 300 292 Blue Sapphires from Mogok, Myanmar: A Gemological Review Wasura Soonthorntantikul...gemological analysis of blue Burmese sapphires from Mogok, based on a series of field expeditions over the...Characterization of Peridot from Pyaung-Gaung in Mogok, Myanmar Montira Seneewong-Na-Ayutthaya, Wassana Chongraktrakul
Journal (issue)
1994 Cover Picture Ruby crystals from Mong Hsu, Myanmar (Burma): the terminated crystal (9mm high) is not...an oxidizing atmosphere for seven hours (see 'Myanmar and its gems - an update' p.3) Upper photo by Shane...Fax: 071 404 8843 J. Gemm., 1994, 24, 1 3 Myanmar* and its gems - an update Robert C. Kammerling1...Canada Fig. 1. The Kingdoms of Pagan in central Myanmar go back almost to the beginning of the Christian...relation to the gemstone production in the area of Mogok and goes further in that it relates the information
Catalog/List
Internet, Fax, and Mail) Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Sunday...52001-52306 LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Wednesday...1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile Terry Szenics has been a tireless digger...Tetyuche, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia It is often said that...12:00 PM CT   9 52004 MANGANOCALCITE Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru It
Journal (issue)
site-specific and are to some extent predictable. This region thus provides an excellent starting-point from...time. Ultramafic and mafic rocks formed in this region, commonly with elevated Sr contents, 100–1000 ppm...higher Rb/Sr ratios. Since the host-rocks in this region are probably early Palaeozoic or older, their contents...S.A., and the Krivoy Rog Basin, Dnepropetrovsk region, in Ukraine (Trendall, 1975; Morris, 1980; Baranov...The Marosely deposit is located in the Ranotsara region (near 47°E, 23°S) of south-central Madagascar and
Journal (issue)
collecting has flourished throughout the Northwest region in recent decades; a history of the mineral discoveries...the estate. Many early minerals collected in the region about Spokane, Washington, are represented in the...“a new mineral store” in the central business district of Spokane, Washington, at W. 410 Riverside Avenue...and associated minerals from the Michigan copper district. This is an old time collection,” he said, “collected...(cobalt-rich), 15.6 cm, from Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer district, Morocco. Quartz, 14.5 cm, from the São Geraldo
Book
Intra- and Inter- Continental Comparisons from Myanmar and Eastern Australia Reprinted from: Minerals...Enigmatic Alluvial Sapphires from the Orosmayo Region, Jujuy Province, Northwest Argentina: Insights...study of ruby chemistry and inclusions between Myanmar and eastern Australia is presented by Sutherland...on another occurrence of sapphires in the same region of the South Urals occurring in anorthosites (kyshtymites)...evolution of alluvial sapphires from the Orosmayo region (Jujuy Province, NW Argentina) and importantly
Catalog/List
Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518...department. It will be held in the Dallas Design district at 1518 Slocum Street on June 2, 2013. The auction...after LAUMONTITE with APOPHYLLITE Mumbai District (Bombay District), Maharashtra, India Three minerals makeup...Chuquicamata Mine, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile A very sizable, old time specimen of cross-vein...Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA This Malachite pseudomorph
 
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