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


Locality type:Township
Classification
Species:Topaz
Formula:Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzⓘ32 photos of Topaz associated with Quartz at this locality.
Feldspar Group8 photos of Topaz associated with Feldspar Group at this locality.
Muscoviteⓘ6 photos of Topaz associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Rock Crystal6 photos of Topaz associated with Rock Crystal at this locality.
Cleavelandite5 photos of Topaz associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Amazonite5 photos of Topaz associated with Amazonite at this locality.
Smoky Quartzⓘ2 photos of Topaz associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Danburite1 photo of Topaz associated with Danburite at this locality.
Microcline1 photo of Topaz associated with Microcline at this locality.
Cassiterite1 photo of Topaz associated with Cassiterite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Topaz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Photo GalleryView Gallery (40 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:755320
Long-form Identifier:1:3:755320:2
GUID (UUID V4):36f91ff1-a1c1-4e61-889e-03e9a83fea07
Localities for Topaz in this Region
Htin-shu-taung, Bernardmyo, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Lay-tha-apya-taw, Lay-tha Taung, Bernardmyo, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Lwam-taung, Bernardmyo, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Gurkha-konzan, Chaung-gyi, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Shan-konzan, Chaung-gyi, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Kin-ko-lan-bauk, Kin (Guard Post), Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Pingu-taung-pyant, Kyatpyin Central, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Bawmar (Baw Mar mine), Kyatpyin North, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Kyauk-sin (Rock Elephant), Kyatpyin North, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Pan-taw (Pandaw), Kyatpyin North, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Kabaing (Ka-Pine; Khabine), Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Pazun-seik (Pazon-Seit), Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Sakangyi (Sakhan-gyi), Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Sakangyi pegmatites, Sakangyi (Sakhan-gyi), Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Thit-seint-kone, Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Loke-khet-inn (Worksite No. 1), Yadanar-kaday-kadar, Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Dattaw-mid, Dattaw-taung (Dattaw hill), Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Dattaw-pyant & Dattaw-chaung, Dattaw-taung (Dattaw hill), Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Le-U-le-taw, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Lin-yaung-chi (Bright Light Rays), Mogok Valley, 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
Ohngaing, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Shwe-pyi-aye, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Yebu (Hot Water), Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Apaw Namphate Mine, Nampai Valley (Nampan Valley), Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Auk Namphate Mine, Nampai Valley (Nampan Valley), Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Zalatni-Taung-Sho Mine, Gaw-Ra-Khar village, Pein-Pyit (Painpyit; Pyan Pyit), Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Htan-yan-sho, Pein-Pyit (Painpyit; Pyan Pyit), 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...brieïŹ‚y 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 classiïŹed 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 (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...showed that peaks at 686 nm and 690 nm (in the red region) were strong. For the samples with green and blue-white...464 nm (in the blue region) were strong, peaks at 507–515 nm (in the green region) were relatively weak
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Spectroscopy of Varicolored Gem Spinel from Mogok, Myanmar and LỄc YĂȘn, Vietnam Iveta MalĂ­čkovĂĄ 1 , Peter...Spectroscopy of Varicolored Gem Spinel from Mogok, Myanmar and LỄc YĂȘn, Vietnam. Minerals 2021, 11, 169...12 crystal fragments of natural spinel from Mogok, Myanmar and LỄc YĂȘn, Vietnam. All samples were crystal...samples from two localities—Luc Yen, Vietnam and Mogok, Myanmar. These have a different coloring and chemical...sapphire, amazonite, pargasite, and humite [13]. Mogok gem-rich area is located within the central part
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
Book (volume)
Prehnite) Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia, 67 Apatite (on Cookeite) Pulsifer Quarry...(with Pyrite) Karo Mine, Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania, 35 Djurleite Tazalarht mining area,...Hematite (on Quartz) Cavradi Gorge, St. Gotthard Region, Graubunden, Switzerland, 64 Inesite (on Calcite...61 Ruby (on Calcite) Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin Dist., Mandalay Reg., Myanmar (Burma), 59 Serandite...(with Quartz) Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania, 52 Topaz (with Smoky Quartz) Dassu, Baltistan
Show/Event (guide)
or call 860-748-1661 for private appointments Topaz, Cleavelandite Mokrush Mine, Russia Thomas Spann...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...VĂ€yrynenite. 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,
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
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
Catalog/List
Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...lunar meteorite was found in the Dhofar Desert region of Oman by noted meteorite hunter Michael Farmer...Millibillillie Meteorite Eucrite-mmict Wiluna District, Western Australia (26° 27’S, 120° 22’E) Fall:...a fascinating pattern of patches and veins. The region that produced this material has been closed now...Source: Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic Eastern-Siberian Region Russia Another little sphere made from rare Russian
Journal (issue)
Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. Doug Fiske collection; Jordan Root photo...from the Gachalå mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacå Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;... China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd photo. Topaz, 2.6 cm, from Katlang, Mardan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...collected fluorescent minerals in the Karnes Uranium district near my ancestral home in south Texas. Over time
Book (volume)
ic0000burm ‱ B URMA GAZETTEER RUBY MINES DISTRICT VOLUME A (Reprint) COM PILED BY E. C. S. GEORGE...Pegu District. 10. U Lu GALE, GOVERNMENT LAW BooK AGENT, 34th Road, Nyaungzindan Quarter, Mandalay. 11...STATIONERY SUPPLY House., North Godown, Zegyo, Mandalay. 12. KNOWLEDGE BooK HousE, 130, Bogyoke Street...MyothuJ?"yiship-Wapyudaung K ayaing-History of the Mogok Subdivision prior to annexation-Archaeology-Inscriptions...OF COMMUNICATION Waterways-Roads-Rest-houses-District Fund rest-houses -Forest bungalows-The Shweli-Transport
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)
Ray Hill collection; Michael Bainbridge photo. Topaz, 4 cm, from Murzinka, Russia; Mike Menzies collection;...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
Catalog/List
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207 Session...5:00 PM ET LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...MINERALS COLLECTION, AUCTION 1 The Session One MYANMAR (BURMA) For many years, Burma, as it was then...reasonably stable. The list of other minerals found in Myanmar is too extensive to recite here, and the list of... 73001 TOURMALINE Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) Looking almost like
Journal (issue)
sent it to my Representative, Mark Finchem (R-District 11, Oro Valley), asking him to be the primary... Mark Candee Gold, 2.3 cm, from the Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite...(hot-pink), 3.7 cm, from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected in 1958;... 4 cm, from the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. Cerussite...matrix, 6.5 cm, from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. Supplement
Journal (issue)
collection, page 105; Brown Topaz- Barry and Beth Kitt collection, page 150; Blue Topaz-Lyda Hili collection...scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with a few smaller, adjacent districts in Texas...in cavities in the limestone of the creek bed. Topaz In 1904, between the small central Texas towns of...be topaz from a Precambrian pegmatite cutting coarse-grained reddish granites of the hilly region thereabouts...thereabouts, known geologically as the Llano Uplift. Fine topaz crystals continued to come from the area for most
Journal (issue)
Understanding the Geology of Diamonds Sapphire from Mogok, Myanmar Gemstone Mining in Vietnam Winter 2013 VOLUME... 223 Blue Sapphires from the Baw Mar Mine in Mogok Hpone-Phyo Kan-Nyunt, Stefanos Karampelas, Klemens...on blue sapphires from the Baw Mar area in Mogok, Myanmar; an update on gemstone mining in Luc Yen, Vietnam;...pressures. Thus, diamond can potentially form in any region of the earth where the depth of the crust or the...overlying crust, comprises the lithosphere. This region of rigid mantle is known to exist because it can
Journal (issue)
Committee Established Families of Six Miners Killed in Mogok Mine Collapse to Receive Compensation Gemstones...Diamond Bourse. Families of Six Miners Killed in Mogok Mine Collapse to Receive Compensation The families...of six miners killed in a mine collapse in Mogok in Myanmar will receive compensation. The redress for...the gemstone mine took place on December 29. Mogok Township Administrator Kan Htoo told the media in the...Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, the Pacific region and Greenland. With 32 presentations, the largest
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
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
Catalog/List
72002 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA The dimensionality... 72004 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA This simplistic...72005 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA This Gold...72006 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA Somewhat... 72011 Gold Nugget Ganes Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA There is
Journal (issue)
undiscovered at this time, whereas the nearby Sar-e-Sang District—red arrow—had been mined for lapis lazuli for...specimens. Literature on the gem pegmatites of the region is sparse, and first-hand information is difficult...photographs. Monitoring gem and mineral finds in the region over the past three decades has clearly revealed...pricing is presented here. The western edge of the region surveyed in this article is about 50 km east-northeast...east-northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city. The region, measuring about 80 km east-west and 65 km north-south
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
Report (volume)
Shan Antimony. Punjab — Uses ; ; Amlierst district ; Northern Shan States and ot Slates ; her... Hassan district; Coal, —^lulioduction . Singhbhum . . .... .... iShimoga district Mysore: district...district. . ; Mysore Production and prices. Comparison with South Africa, Australia and Canada, and...Yamethin. Indian localities . . Magnesite. (Salem district. Uses Production. Other occuroie reserves; production...Consumption. Mergui 287 Silver, silver 203 district. Tavoy district. Amherst ern Shun States. Indian Tvvgsten
Book (volume)
cm1 is called the fingerprint region. Usually IR spectrum in this region contains very complicated series...overlapping bands. The importance of the fingerprint region is that each mineral species produces a different...500 to 800 cm1 can be considered as “fingerprint region” sensitive to the composition and the topological...see Fig. 1.9), but generally IR spectrum in this region is characteristic of all these minerals. In IR...vibrations of a large number of atoms within the region of coherent vibrations. However, in real periodic
 
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