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Forsterite from
Ohngaing, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar


Locality type:Mining Area
Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ohngaing, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20429
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20429:9
GUID (UUID V4):bc0856e0-5e1d-47ea-8ac4-25f52ccd8365
Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite
8.1km (5.0 miles) Panlin, Bernardmyo, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
8.2km (5.1 miles) Myasein Taung, Pyaung Gaung, Bernardmyo, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
8.2km (5.1 miles) Pyaung Gaung, Bernardmyo, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
8.6km (5.3 miles) Zalat-taung, Bernardmyo, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
8.9km (5.5 miles) Htin-shu-taung, Bernardmyo, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
9.5km (5.9 miles) Le-taw, Bernardmyo, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
76.6km (47.6 miles) Yet-Kan-Zin-Taung (Yetkansin Taung), Madaya Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Luminescence Characteristics of Taaffeites from Mogok, Myanmar Bihan Lin 1 , Xingtong Li 1 , Longbo Zhang...Luminescence Characteristics of Taaffeites from Mogok, Myanmar. Minerals 2023, 13, 346. https:// doi.org/10...China, and Mogok, Myanmar. In this study, thirty-two taaffeite samples from Mogok, Myanmar, were investigated...demonstrated that the inclusions were mainly calcite, forsterite, celestite, graphite, dolomite, and transparent...showed that peaks at 686 nm and 690 nm (in the red region) were strong. For the samples with green and blue-white
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
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
Book
localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...ONTARIO Bentley Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley...in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing...clefts are found fairly commonly throughout this region, such that only a handful of notable finds during
Book (edition)
extensive fields in the prophetically named Kimberley district of Western Australia promise to be of world importance...an inner solid region of diameter 2440 km and density about 8 gcm3, and an outer region about 2260 km...rocks. Figure 1.3 Basaltic lava flow of 1944 in a valley leading down to Naples, Italy. The Monte Somma...alumina, alkalis and the rarer elements. If the region is quiescent and all the magma solidifies in the...if about half way through crystallization, the region becomes 8 Rocks and the Processes That Formed
Book (volume)
Cambrian | GEM | Estimated age in millions of years oo > 8,000 BELTS The foregoing description of rock...rarer gemstones. The Mogok Stone Tract, as this area is called after the town of Mogok, is one of the most...gem and lithiumbearing pegmatites of the Pala district of San Diego County, California, from which much...the most important being those of the southern district. Although so important in the past they are now...(By courtesy of Sothebys) In the Bundelkhand district of Central Provinces, between the rivers Ken and
Book (edition)
lepidolite (trilithionite-polylithionite), olivine (forsterite-fayalite), and wolframite (ferberitehiibnerite)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g.... canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country names...by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided...United States or of the Upper Silesian historical region in Poland, where the importance of ore-bearing
Book
In the principal one, called the ‘tribunal of valley. Very likely the Badakshan mines, now God’ was...excellent coral was being harvested Mediterranean region. At any rate, by land or near Hyeres on the Mediterranean...necklace with turquoise beads comes from Lambayeque Valley on Peru’s northern coast, where it was crafted...Emerauld enclining to black, tell ye, the Hukong Valley, is redder than Baltic am¬ it is an oriental emerauld...a source of emerald. The most 1927 the Lataba District of northeast Trans¬ popular aquamarine color
Book
(1989): Mineral. J. 14, 279. Flores mine, Huanuni District, Oruru, Bolivia. Agardite-(La) (La,Ca)Cu¢(AsO4)3(OH)6°3H20...University of Modena, Italy. Monte Chiaro, Taro Valley, Italy. Veniale, F. & van der Marel, H.W. (1969):...discovery locality, at the Alekseev mine, Sutamskii region, Stanovoi Range, Russia. Lipovetskil, A.G. et al...engineer known for his work in the Limoges Altisite district. Chanteloube, Haute-Vienne, France. Na3k6Ti2[AlSigO26]Cl;...plus Gk. hydor, water, plus calcite. Khakassy District, Siberia, Russia. Bilibin, G. (1926): Soc. Russe
Book
SHAPE program available from Eric Dowty, 521 Hidden Valley Road, Kingsport, Tennessee, 37663, USA. The authors...grey in reflected light. Alekseev mine, Sutamskii region, Stanovoi Range, USSR. H= 2.3, Djjj=?, D(;=7.80...Al)802o(OH)4*4H20, 0 Syst=? Monte Chiaro, Taro Valley, Italy. H=?, Dvv,=?, Dp=?, VHIE 08c. Veniale &...E Mon. Porcelanous white. Furnace Creek, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA. H=4.5, Djj4= 2.88,...brown. Balangero serpentinite, Lanzo massif, Lanzo Valley, Piemonte, Italy. H=?, Djjj= 2.98, D(;= 3.098,
 
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